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Northcliffe's Legacy: Aspects of the British Popular Press, 1896-1996. (Reviews of Books).

Albion,  March, 2002  by Thompson, J. Lee

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Peter Caterall, Colin Seymour-Ure and Adrian Smith, eds. Northcliffe's Legacy: Aspects of the British Popular Press, 1896-1996. (Contemporary History in Context Series.) New York: Palgrave. 2000. Pp xii, 237. $65.00. ISBN 0-312-23256-X.

Although this work questions why there has not been more attention paid to press history, recent years have seen something of a resurgence in this area with new lives of Northcliffe, Beaverbrook, along with other works, being produced. Northcliffe's Legacy: Aspects of the British Popular Press, 1896-1996 is an ambitious effort, which considers the ...

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