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Object Lesson: Newspaper: by Maggie Messitt, New York, Bloomsbury Academic, 2024, 184 pp.

The article focuses on *Object Lesson: Newspaper*, a book by journalist Maggie Messitt that explores the history and significance of newspapers as physical objects in the United States and South Africa. Through 120 historical vignettes, the book traces the development of newspapers from colonial tim...

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Published in:American Journalism Vol. 43; no. 2; pp. 198 - 200
Main Author: Cieslik-Miskimen, Caitlin
Format: Book Review
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Spring2026
Subjects:
Newspapers
Underground literature
Colonies
Racism
Political opposition
Censorship
South Africa
United States
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