Trotti, Michael Ayers.
The body in the reservoir : [electronic resource] murder & sensationalism in the South / - Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2008 - one online resource, 314 pages : illustrations ;
Introduction -- Discovering the Body -- 1. The Origins of Virginia Crime Sensationalism -- 2. Sensational Crime Comes of Age: The Cluverius Case of 1885 -- 3. The Disenchantment of Sensational Murder -- 4. African American Sensations: Jim Crow Justice and the Richmond Planet -- 5. Images of Murder: The Visual Revolution of the Halftone -- 6. The Public Suspense Is Over -- Epilogue -- Mass Culture's Search for Disorder.
9780807858424
Sensationalism in journalism-- Virginia -- Richmond -- History -- 19th century.
Sensationalism in journalism-- Virginia -- Richmond -- History -- 20th century.
Murder -- Press coverage -- Virginia -- Richmond -- History -- 19th century.
Murder -- Press coverage -- Virginia -- Richmond -- History -- 20th century.
071.455451
The body in the reservoir : [electronic resource] murder & sensationalism in the South / - Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2008 - one online resource, 314 pages : illustrations ;
Introduction -- Discovering the Body -- 1. The Origins of Virginia Crime Sensationalism -- 2. Sensational Crime Comes of Age: The Cluverius Case of 1885 -- 3. The Disenchantment of Sensational Murder -- 4. African American Sensations: Jim Crow Justice and the Richmond Planet -- 5. Images of Murder: The Visual Revolution of the Halftone -- 6. The Public Suspense Is Over -- Epilogue -- Mass Culture's Search for Disorder.
9780807858424
Sensationalism in journalism-- Virginia -- Richmond -- History -- 19th century.
Sensationalism in journalism-- Virginia -- Richmond -- History -- 20th century.
Murder -- Press coverage -- Virginia -- Richmond -- History -- 19th century.
Murder -- Press coverage -- Virginia -- Richmond -- History -- 20th century.
071.455451