附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-233) and index.
A changing nation and a changing press, 1865-1872 -- Partisanship under attack, 1865-1872 -- Rural and regional journalism, 1865-1882 -- The growth of an independent press, 1873-1882 -- A new journalism forms in the midwest, 1873-1882 -- Western journalism invades New York, 1883-1885 -- The commercial press and new technologies, 1886-1895 -- Newsmongers, 1883-1895 -- The yellow press, 1896-1900 -- Reflections on the gilded age press.