Fleet Street, Press Barons and Politics: The Journals of Collin Brooks, 1932-1940

by N. J. Crowson

Overview

This volume consists of diary extracts written by Collin Brooks, a Fleet Street journalist who rose to become editor of the Sunday Dispatch. Collin Brooks was an intimate friend of Lord Rothermere, and his journals therefore offer a unique insight into the operations and mentality of a press baron, as well as a perspective on the leading political issues of the day, such as India, rearmament and appeasement. These readable, witty and fluent journals, peppered with gossip, offer a unique snapshot of Britain in the 1930s.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521662390
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	09/02/1999
Series:	Camden Fifth Series , #11
Pages:	322
Product dimensions:	5.91(w) x 8.82(h) x 0.83(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction; 1932; 1933; 1934; 1935; 1936; 1937; 1938; 1939; 1940.