This hefty volume should be present in each university library, as a precious, and indispensable tool for students and scholars who investigate not only the British and Irish nineteenth-century press, but Victorian culture and technology, visual studies, advertisement and, generally, the complex and evolving relationship between Victorian readers and printed information. -- Francesca Orestano * Cahiers victoriens et édouardiens * Bringing together the technological and the human aspects of print culture, The Edinburgh History of the British and Irish Press depicts a press that is always both organic and industrial. This volume, as Finkelsteins introduction underscores, not only highlights the expansion and evolution inherent in nineteenth-century British and Irish publishing, but it also reflects the evolution of periodical studies and invites further expansive scholarship. -- Sofia Prado Huggins, Texas Christian University * Journal of European Periodical Studies * This is an invaluable contribution to the field of nineteenth-century publishing and social history, and also a useful reference source for scholars and librarians. -- Graham Hogg, National Library of Scotland * Journal of the Edinburgh Bibliographical Society * This is a compendious, shaped and distinctive guide to the nineteenth-century press, which thoroughly covers both the newspaper and periodical press, and Britain and Ireland. It is interested in borders - the Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Gaelic press, the developing fields of transnational exchanges, and the local and regional press. The extraordinary breadth of the press is faithfully reflected in accessible essays and case studies. Fresh pieces on production and distribution, press law, professionalisation, and economics anchor this account of the industry. Numerous illustrations make it come alive. * Laurel Brake, Birkbeck, University of London * David Finkelstein, one of our most distinguished historians of journalism, has drawn on a wide range of colleagues in the field to dwell on the political, economic and technological aspects of the story. -- A. N. Wilson * TLS * Transcribing a thorough history of the British and Irish press over an entire century may seem like a daunting task, yet David Finkelstein completes it with aplomb. ... Covering a wide range of topics, the collection is rich with information that will be new to many readers of Victorian Periodicals Review and useful to students and scholars alike. -- Mary McCartney, University of St. Thomas * Victorian Periodicals Review *
