Table of Contents

List of Plates; List of Figures; List of Tables; Key Dates
Introduction
1: Julius Reuter: Before and After 1851
2: `The Great Reuter'
3: An Imperial Institution 1865-1914
4: The World's News 1865-1914
5: Wartime Reconstruction 1914-1918
6: War News 1914-1918
7: The Autocracy of Roderick Jones 1919-1934
8: The Decline and Fall of Roderick Jones 1934-1941
9: News between the Wars 1919-1939
10: War News 1939-1945
11: `In the Nature of a Trust' 1941-1945
12: Making the New Reuters 1963-1981
13: Achieving Wordwide Presence 1963-1981
14: Going Public 1981-1984
15: The World's News 1945-1989
16: Retrospect 1849-1989
Appendix; Picture Acknowledgements; Glossary; References; Select Bibliography; Index

About the Author

Donald Read is Emeritus Professor of Modern English History at the University of Kent.

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