Działalność rynku polskiej prasy ludowej dla środowisk wiejskich w zaborze pruskim
The Activity of the Polish Popular Press for Rural Areas During the Prussian Partition

Summary/Abstract: Studies of the press for the rural populations in the 19th and early 20th centuriesform the basis for an analysis of changes in the publishing market and readers since thebeginning of the print media up to political and economic transformation. This paperexplores origins of publishing services for the rural population in the territories underPrussian occupation. Comparison of the titles with regard to the content, audiences andeditorial teams in the first periodicals and popular press facilitated the determinationof the functions of the farming press in the above period and region. An important factorto be recognised is the organisation of publishing companies and their influence on theaudiences, despite press censorship. In the part of Poland under Prussian occupationthe first large publishers had been established, publishing both newspapers and books. Theactivity of the press for rural audiences from the 19th century up to World War I varied.Educational, social, and religious content dominated in these editions. The fight to preservePolishness in all three annexations, even though it varied depending on the governmentadministration, focused on the dissemination of knowledge of Polish history and learningthe native language.

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