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Books on: Northcliffes

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Lord Northcliffe's War Book: With Chapters on America at War

Book by Alfred Harmsworth Northcliffe; George H. Doran Company, 1917

Subjects:

World War, 1914-1918--Personal Narratives

Collections: History, Entire Library

LORD NORTHCLIFFES WAR BOOK LORD NORTHCLIFFES WAR BOOK WITH CHAPTERS ON AMERICA AT WAR BEING A REVISED...SPANISH TOUR 275 THE AMERICANS AT WAR -12- LORD NORTHCLIFFES WAR BOOK THE AMERICANS AT WAR SINCE I have been...
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Northcliffe

Book by Reginald Pound, Geoffrey Harmsworth; Praeger, 1960

Subjects:

Northcliffe, Alfred Harmsworth--Viscount--1865-1922

Collections: History, Entire Library

...accounts including those dealing with Northcliffes life in the hereafter there emerges...Harmsworth family papers. Several of Northcliffes brothers and sisters were then alive...twenty-three years had elapsed since Northcliffes death. It seemed that something more...
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Politicians, the Press & Propaganda: Lord Northcliffe & the Great War, 1914-1919

Book by J. Lee Thompson; Kent State University Press, 1999

Subjects:

Northcliffe, Alfred Harmsworth--Viscount--1865-1922, Press And Politics--Great Britain--History--20th Century, Press And Propaganda--Great Britain--History--20th Century, World War, 1914-1918--Great Britain

Collections: History, Entire Library

Politicians, the Press, and Propaganda represents the most recent and most extensive research on Alfred Harmsworth (Lord Northcliffe), one of the "press lords" who influenced British politics and policy during the First World War. Thompson's is the only study to deal with Northcliffe and the ...
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Politicians, the Press, and Propaganda represents the most recent and most extensive research on Alfred Harmsworth (Lord Northcliffe), one of the "press lords" who influenced British politics and policy during the First World War. Thompson's is the only study to deal with Northcliffe and the inseparable quality of his public and political career from his journalism.
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The Observer and J. L. Garvin, 1908-1914: A Study in a Great Editorship

Book by Alfred M. Gollin; Oxford University Press 1960., 1960

Subjects:

Garvin, J. L--(James Louis)--1868-1947, Great Britain--Politics And Government--1901-1936, Observer (London, England)

Collections: Entire Library

...between Northcliffe and Garvin -- Northcliffes detailed criticisms -- Rivalry with...Observer and the Daily Mail -- Northcliffes motives in reproducing The Observer...American Reciprocity Treaty -- Northcliffes interest in Canada -- Dangers to the...
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British Policy and the Weimar Republic, 1918-1919

Book by Douglas Newton; Oxford University, 1997

Subjects:

Germany--Foreign Relations--1918-1933, Germany--Relations--Great Britain, Great Britain--Foreign Relations--1910-1936, Great Britain--Relations--Germany

Collections: History, Entire Library

This book explores the making of British policy toward Germany in the aftermath of its defeat in the Great War. Newton shows how British pressures on Germany during the formative months of the new republic were crucial in debilitating the German Revolution and the faltering Weimar democracy. He ...
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This book explores the making of British policy toward Germany in the aftermath of its defeat in the Great War. Newton shows how British pressures on Germany during the formative months of the new republic were crucial in debilitating the German Revolution and the faltering Weimar democracy. He reveals the inner workings of British policy-making and shows how domestic political priorities triumphed over the expert opinion of intelligence "moderates," with ominous consequences for the fate of German democracy and the rest of Europe.
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Journal Articles on: Northcliffes

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"The Hun Is at the Gate!": Historicizing Kipling's Militaristic Rhetoric, from the Imperial Periphery to the National Center

Journal article by A. Michael Matin; Studies in the Novel, Vol. 31, 1999

Subjects:

Imperialism in literature--Analysis, Kipling, Rudyard--Criticism, interpretation, etc., War and literature--Analysis

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...World War I the nations "universal commitment to the sporting spirit" was employed for the war effort. Remarking that Lord Northcliffes War Book-"a quasi-official and very popular work of propaganda"-advises that soldiers embrace their tasks with "the same...
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The Battle of Melbourne: The Rise and Fall of the Star

Journal article by Bridget Griffen-Foley; Journal of Australian Studies, 2001

Subjects:

Newspapers--Management, Publishing industry--Management, Star Tribune Co.--History

Collections: Entire Library

...five-year-old (Sir) Keith Murdoch, who had experience in Melbourne and Fleet Street and was, famously, a protege of Lord Northcliffes, was appointed managing editor of the Herald. (7) The new executive soon faced a major challenge from Sir Hugh Denisons...
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Through Media Eyes: Australia and Germany 1913-1919, Comparative Press Perspectives

Journal article by John F Williams, Emilie Kolb; Journal of Australian Studies, 1999

Subjects:

Australia--Relations with Germany, Germany--Relations with Australia, Newspapers--Influence, Press--Influence, World War, 1914-1918--Media coverage

Collections: Entire Library

...French pressmen for, knowing little about the theory and practice of war, they were only too willing to go along with Lord Northcliffes `Trust the Soldiers! policy, even if this meant accepting a restrictive censorship and endorsing the actions of less than...
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The Media and British Politics in the Twentieth Century: Graham Goodlad Asks If the Media Did More to Support or to Challenge Politicians during the Last Century

Journal article by Graham Goodlad; History Review, 2003

Subjects:

Communications industry, Mass media, Politics

Collections: History, Entire Library

...to transfer their political allegiances as they saw fit, and to use their newspapers in political campaigns. For example Northcliffes Times played an important role in precipitating the resignation of Asquith as Prime Minister during the Cabinet crisis of...

Magazine Articles on: Northcliffes

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The Age of Murdoch: Many See Him as a Power-Mad Rapacious Right-Wing Vulgarian

Magazine article by James Fallows; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 292, September 2003

Subjects:

Broadcasting policy--Social aspects, Bush, George W.--Economic policy, Cable News Network--Management, Cable television, Cable television broadcasting industry, Murdoch, Rupert--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Murdoch, Rupert--Planning, News Corporation Ltd.--Forecasts and trends, News Corporation Ltd.--Management, News Corporation Ltd.--Officials and employees, Newspaper publishing--Forecasts and trends, Newspaper publishing--Officials and employees, Powell, Michael--Economic policy, Powell, Michael--Powers and duties, Turner, Ted, United States. Federal Communications Commission--Economic policy, United States. Federal Communications Commission--Powers and duties

Collections: Entire Library

...respectful and authoritative biography of Rupert Murdoch, Northcliffes papers introduced many of the irresistibly vulgar come-ons...philosophy into effect when he returned to Australia. With Northcliffes encouragement, he took over Melbournes stagnant evening paper...
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Eminent Edwardian Editors

Magazine article by Edward Pearce; History Today, Vol. 50, April 2000

Subjects:

Gardiner, A G--Conduct of life, Garvin, J L--Conduct of life, Journalists--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Garvin but got flat defiance. Unlike Gardiner at the Daily News, Garvin was on the board of the Observer and held stock. Northcliffes reaction was to give him three weeks to buy him out, at 40,000 pounds sterling. The formation of a syndicate involving Waldorf...
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Eton's Great War Scandal

Magazine article by Andrew Robinson; History Today, Vol. 43, November 1993

Subjects:

Eton College--History, Lyttleton, Edward--Biography, School principals--Biography, World War, 1914-1918--Protest movements

Collections: History, Entire Library

...allow their clergy to enlist as combatants, but could spread more widely. On the same day as the Lyttelton scandal broke, Northcliffes Daily Mail published a letter concerning Munition-making clergymen, having discovered one, Reverend Stuart Robertson, who...
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The Song of 1916

Magazine article by Fraser Bell; Queen's Quarterly, Vol. 108, Winter 2001

Subjects:

Soldiers--Music, War-songs--Criticism, interpretation, etc., War--Portrayals, depictions, etc., World War, 1914-1918--Social aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...fight, we cannot shoot, What earthly use are we? As a riposte to the stay-at-home flag-wavers and the fatuities of Lord Northcliffes Daily Mail, they were certain of one thing: I dont want to be a soldier, I dont want to go to war. Id rather stay at...
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Amendment Envy

Magazine article by Piers Brendon; Columbia Journalism Review, Vol. 30, November 1991

Subjects:

Censorship--United Kingdom, Freedom of the press--United Kingdom, United Kingdom--Politics and government

Collections: Entire Library

...or damage but the defendant must prove truth, are still the most important restriction on the British press. They are, as Northcliffes nephew Cecil King said, an "absolute nightmare" for journalists. Because of the fear of astronomical damages, King added...

Newspaper Articles on: Northcliffes

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The Town the Mail Built 100 Years Ago

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), June 13, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Viscount Rothermere, helped to see the dream to fruition, organised the project and its resources, then spearheaded it after Northcliffes death in 1922. Their foresight gave birth to the greatest commercial enterprise ever undertaken by a newspaper - and to...
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Trinity Mirror Sells Regional Newspaper Titles to Daily Mail Group; PUBLISHING

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), July 7, 2007

Subjects:

Newspapers, Publishing industry

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Media, the Daily Mail General Trusts local media division. DMGT said the new titles and websites were complementary to Northcliffes existing portfolio. The South East is the divisions smallest region. Over the last 16 months, Northcliffe has focused on...
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Liars, Cheats and Madmen - the Great Press Barons

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), December 12, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...the Mirror, Times, Sunday Times and Observeras well as the worlds bestselling papers, the Daily Mail and Sunday Dispatch. Northcliffes influence was legendary: in 1916 he even managed to install hisfavourite, Lloyd George, as Prime Minister. But it was also...
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The Lady Who Led the Mail into War; from Mafeking and the Mud of Flanders to Goose Green and the Arid Desert of Iraq, We Followed Britain's Bravest into Battle

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), May 6, 1996

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...trenches filled the paper, along with a campaign for more and better shells. Once America had entered the war in 1917, Northcliffes theme was that now victory was inevitable, hammered home to the Kaisers troops with such effect that in an army order the...
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Life before the World Changed for Ever; Critic's Choice

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), October 22, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...exclaimed indignantly (an elephant had escaped from a circus in South London, and the sub-editor had stuck the story in the waste file with other rejected copy). Northcliffes solution was characteristic. He bought The Times a few months later.

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Encyclopedia Articles on: Northcliffes

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Northcliffe, Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, Viscount

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...back on its feet with changes in makeup and editorial policy; The Times was sold to John Jacob Astor (1886 1971) after Northcliffes death. His newspaper campaigns during World War I, particularly those concerning faulty munitions, national conscription...

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