Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Financial crises and the birth of the financial press, 1825-1880
AU - Taylor, James
PY - 2014/8
Y1 - 2014/8
N2 - The birth of the financial press in the UK in the early nineteenth century corresponded with a series of financial crises, from the crash of 1825, through the railway manias of the 1830s and 1840s, to the collapse of Overend and Gurney in 1866. Both boom and bust stimulated the demand for information, and a new breed of specialist journalist emerged to provide it. This chapter considers these pioneers of financial journalism, exploring how they viewed their responsibilities to readers, and assessing their role in an unstable and rapidly expanding market economy.
AB - The birth of the financial press in the UK in the early nineteenth century corresponded with a series of financial crises, from the crash of 1825, through the railway manias of the 1830s and 1840s, to the collapse of Overend and Gurney in 1866. Both boom and bust stimulated the demand for information, and a new breed of specialist journalist emerged to provide it. This chapter considers these pioneers of financial journalism, exploring how they viewed their responsibilities to readers, and assessing their role in an unstable and rapidly expanding market economy.
M3 - Chapter (peer-reviewed)
SN - 9781138022799
SP - 203
EP - 214
BT - The media and financial crises
PB - Routledge
ER -