{"product_id":"w-t-stead-newspaper-revolutionary-9780712358668","title":"W. T. Stead: Newspaper Revolutionary","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmong the hundreds who died when the Titanic sank in the north Atlantic Ocean on April 15  1912  one of the most famous was William Thomas Stead  an English journalist and editor. An early pioneer of investigative journalism and one of the inventors of the modern tabloid newspaper  Stead was one of the most controversial figures of the Victorian era. His advocacy of government by journalism helped launch military and parliamentary campaigns  and his expos of child prostitution in the Modern Babylon of London raised the age of consent to sixteen. But Stead was also a mass of contradictions: a campaigner for womens rights  he was unnerved by the rise of the New Woman; an advocate of world peace  he promoted huge hikes in defense spending; a political radical and Christian  he was also a spiritualist who took dictation from the dead. This collection of essays  published to mark the centenary of Steads death  recovers the story of an extraordinary figure whose impact on modern culture and journalism can still be seen today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67931527970869,"sku":"ByrdShop_0712358668","price":101.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780712358668.jpg?v=1794213969","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/w-t-stead-newspaper-revolutionary-9780712358668","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}