By Robert J. Goldstein
From 1815 to 1914, ecu governments and their political oppositions have been engaged in a continuing "war" for the minds of the final inhabitants, particularly the operating sessions. The German socialist newspaper, Hamburger Echo, declared on September 27, 1910, "In waging our struggle, we don't throw bombs. as an alternative we throw our newspapers among the loads of the operating humans. Printing ink is our explosive." the main entire examine ever released approximately ecu censorship practices throughout the 1815-1914 interval, this publication discusses the censorship of books, newspapers, caricatures, theater, and movie via an analytical introductory survey and 6 chapters by means of best experts who summarize 19th-century censorship practices within the six significant international locations of continental Europe: Germany, Italy, France, Austria, Russia, and Spain. as a result of huge transformation of eu existence within the post-Napoleonic interval and the concurrently fast development in industrialization, urbanization, literacy, transportation, and verbal exchange, the common eu emerged really abruptly as a possible participant who may well now not be neglected via the ruling elite.
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