TY - GEN AB - 'Crying the News' places newsboys at the centre of American history, analyzing their inseparable role as economic actors and cultural symbols in the creation of print capitalism, popular democracy, and national character. Vincent DiGirolamo's sweeping narrative traces the shifting fortunes of these 'little merchants' over a century of war and peace, prosperity and depression, exploitation and reform, chronicling their exploits in every region of the country, as well as on the railroads that linked them. AU - DiGirolamo, Vincent CN - Oxford Scholarship Online CN - HD8039.N422 ID - 899756 KW - Paperboys KW - Poor children KW - Child labor KW - Newspaper carriers LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195320251.001.0001 N2 - 'Crying the News' places newsboys at the centre of American history, analyzing their inseparable role as economic actors and cultural symbols in the creation of print capitalism, popular democracy, and national character. Vincent DiGirolamo's sweeping narrative traces the shifting fortunes of these 'little merchants' over a century of war and peace, prosperity and depression, exploitation and reform, chronicling their exploits in every region of the country, as well as on the railroads that linked them. SN - 9780190933258 T1 - Crying the news :a history of America's Newsboys / TI - Crying the news :a history of America's Newsboys / UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195320251.001.0001 ER -