The Commercialization of News in the Nineteenth Century

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments I am indebted to many for their assistance during this project: the University of Washington for a year-long sabbatical leave from teaching , during which time I wrote the first draft of the manuscript; and the University of Washington Graduate School Research Fund for a grant that allowed me to complete ongoing research on the political press. Space precludes thanking everyone who helped me, but, to mention a few, I am indebted to the late William E. Ames, Edward P. Bassett, the late Philip W. Blumstein, Richard F. Carter, Herbert Costner, Glenda Pearson, Carla Rickerson, and Roger A. Simpson, all of the University of Washington, Tim Gleason, University of Oregon, Carolyn Stewart Dyer, University of Iowa, and Ted Curtis Smythe, California State UniversityFullerton , for their ideas, suggestions, and support. John E. Bowes, University of Washington, helped me with the research design and data analysis on political affiliation and always served as a friendly but sharp critic. I'm also indebted to Pat Dinning, Trudy Flynn, Jodi Naas, Karen Nagai, and Kelly Vigdal. As staff members of the University of Washington School of Communications, they covered for me when I was preoccupied with this project and graciously helped with many small but significant details. Others who helped at various stages of this project include David Beck von Peccoz, Vikki Haag, Susan Henry, Philip Jerry, Mike Jordan, and Jeff Rutenbeck. Anna McCausland and Ruth Kirk, of the University of Washington Interlibrary Borrowing Services, often were my lifeline to research sources. Words cannot adequately express my thanks for their hard but often unheralded work. James L. Baughman, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Hazel Dicken-Garcia, University of Minnesota, Linda Lawson, Indiana University , Richard Kielbowicz, University of Washington, Thomas Leonard, University of California-Berkeley, David Paul Nord, Indiana University, Don Pember, University of Washington, and Don Ritchie, assistant Senate historian, all read at least one version of the manuscript and offered cogent criticisms. Carol Smith, University of Kentucky, gave invaluable suggestions for revisions. She gave freely xi xii Acknowledgments of her time and ideas. Randy Beam, University of Oregon, provided superb advice, edited the manuscript, and served as a valuable critic. Don R. Pember, my colleague in the School of Communications at the University of Washington, and Richard J. Baldasty, my brother, provided assistance of far greater value than they will ever realize. For their ideas and for their never-wavering support, this book is dedicated to them, with my deepest gratitude. The Commercialization of News in the Nineteenth Century ...