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Debating the Issues in Colonial Newspapers Primary Documents on Events of the Period
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Book Code: GR0982
ISBN: 0-313-30982-5
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-30982-3
416 pages, charts, figures, timeline, bib
Greenwood Press
Publication: 8/30/2000
List Price: $86.95 (UK Sterling Price: £49.95)
Availability: Print on demand
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • Recommended for undergraduate and general collections.
    —Choice
    March 2001
  • [A]llows journalism, media studies, history, and political science students a firsthand glimpse into the issues that made Colonial America....[O]ne comes away with a clear focus on the issues that fired the Revolution....For those professors looking for a seminar text regarding the role of the press in forming Colonial American public opinion, this is a thorough, 397-page option. Yet Copeland's newspaper background comes through with a short, straightforward writing style that will hold an undergraduate's attention.
    —American Journalism
    Fall 2002
  • [a] worthwhile read for anyone interested in advancing his/her knowledge on the issue of freedom of the press in early North America.
    —Smoke & Fire News
    February 2001
  • Debating the Issues in Colonial Newspapers is an excellent source for studying numerous topics of the colonial American period and should be considered for high-school, public, and undergraduate libraries.
    —Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin
  • ...provides a detailed overview of each topic....The requirement of firsthand accounts in history-curriculum standards in many states will make this volume useful for both students and teachers.
    —School Library Journal
  • For the creative high school teacher, this volume can help lead students into discussions of the earliest forms of censorship in this country, analyze the inoculation controversy over a smallpox vaccine or compare legalizing lotteries in Massachusetts. This is a little, but mighty book.
    —The GaleGroup
  • Whether students refer to this book for history or science reports, for journalism or debates, all will find in this title a unique and memorable look at what the people who forged a new country thought about the issues affecting their daily lives. Recommended.
    —The Book Report
Description: With this unique collection of primary source documents from colonial newspapers, students will be able to debate the issues of colonial America. Pro and con opinion pieces, letters, essays and news reports that were printed in colonial newspapers will help the reader to understand the differing viewpoints of colonial Americans on the key issues from 1690 to the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Nearly 300 documents, organized chronologically by event, will help readers step back in time to debate the issues faced by 18th-century Americans. The work covers 31 events from abolition, religion, and women's rights to the Stamp Act crisis and the Boston Tea Party. For every major event or issue of the colonial period, newspapers printed the opinions of the day, in many cases attempting to influence public opinion. Issues such as medical discoveries, education, and censorship are covered in this collection along with important events such as the French and Indian War, the trial of John Peter Zenger, and the Boston Massacre. Each chapter introduces the event or issue and includes news articles, letters, essays, even poetry representing both sides of the argument as they affected Americans. Each document is preceded by an explanatory introduction. This is the only collection of primary source documents from colonial newspapers on the events of the era and will be a valuable tool for research and classroom discussion.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Newspaper in Colonial America
  • Censorship, Printing Control and Freedom of the Press, 1690
  • The Inoculation Controversy, 1721
  • Impartiality, Objectivity and the Press, 1729
  • Attakulakula Visits King George, 1730: Native American-English Relations
  • The Trial of John Peter Zenger, 1735
  • Women's Rights, 1738
  • The Stono Rebellion, 1739
  • The Great Awakening and George Whitefield, 1739-1745
  • Religious Divisions, 1740-1745
  • Massachusetts Legalizes Lotteries, 1744
  • Medical Discoveries: The Amazing Tar Water, 1745
  • Paper Money and the Currency Act, 1751
  • The New York Public Education Controversy, 1753-1755
  • The Albany Congress, Plan of Union, and French and Indian War, 1754-1763
  • The Cherokee War, 1759-1761
  • The Stamp Act Crisis, 1765-1766
  • No Taxation without Representation, 1765-1766
  • Tories versus Patriots, 1768-1775
  • The Sons of Liberty, 1765-1776
  • Nonimportation, 1768-1775
  • The Boston Massacre, 1770
  • Religious Liberty: Baptists Call for Toleration, 1770-1776
  • The Somerset Case and the Anti-Slavery Controversy, 1772
  • The Tea Act and the Boston Tea Party, 1773-1774
  • The Continental Congress, 1774-1775
  • Edenton Tea Party and Perceptions of Women, 1774
  • Arguments over Going to War with England, 1774-1776
  • Separation from England, 1768-1776
  • Battles of Lexington and Concord, 1775
  • Thomas Paine Publishes Common Sense, 1776
  • The Declaration of Independence, 1776
  • Chronology of Events
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index
LC Card Number: 99-089070
LCC Class: E187
Dewey Class: 973
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