Collins, Irene

The government and the newspaper press in France 1814-1881 / By Irene Collins. - Oxford : Oxford university Press, 1959. - ix, 201 p. ; 22 cm. - Oxford historical series .

Contents:1. Freedom of the press and censorship for newspapers, 1814-15.- 2. Censorship and police control, 1815-18.- 3. Freedom for newspapers, 1819-20.- 4. A temporary censorship,1820-1.- 5. New kinds of oppression, 1822-7.- 6. Newspapers and the fall of the Bourbon dynasty, 1828-30.- 7. Liberty combined with order, 1830-5.- 8. A more stringent law of libel and a new attitude in the press, 1835-48.- 9. Revolution, republic and reaction.- 10. The operation of the decree of 17 february 1852.- 11. The growth of opposition, february 1852-may 1868.- 12. The liberal press law and the last days of the second empire, 1868-70. XIII. The final struggle, 1870-81.

Bibliogr.: p. 185-191, index: p. 193-201


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