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The Press of the Young Republic, 1783-1833
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By Carol Sue Humphrey
ISBN: 0-313-28406-7
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-28406-9
200 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 10/30/1996
List Price: $119.95 (UK Sterling Price: £70.00)
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Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects:
Series Title: The History of American Journalism
Series Number: 2
Reviews:
  • Humphrey provides an overview of how newspapers perceived public issues and evolved as an industry. She divides the five decades into nine distinct eras, with an added chapter on how technological changes caused newspapers to expand circulation and improve news reporting....one highlight is the suggestion that most printers believed the First Amendment usually protected against prior governmental restraints to publish. The author finds that few printers interpreted the First Amendment as a broad protection for freedom of expression. Exceptionally well written with complete annotation; recommended for undergraduate, general, and professional journalism history collections.
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Description: The second book in a six-volume series on the history of American journalism, this book focuses on the 50 years following the end of the Revolution, during which the American press grew and expanded. Newspapers played an important political role as the press became involved in the partisanship that characterized most of this period. As political parties grew in the United States, newspapers became an essential part of the communication network for the dissemination of the ideology of the parties. In this volume, Humphrey clearly presents the changing role of the press in American society--from a vehicle through which to convert people to a particular point of view, to a provider of news and information.
Table of Contents:
  • Series Foreword by James D. Startt and Wm. David Sloan
  • Preface
  • A New Era Begins: The Confederation Period, 1783-1789
  • The Adoption of the Bill of Rights, 1789-1791
  • The First Political Party System, 1791-1800
  • The Challenge of the Sedition Act, 1798-1800
  • The Age of Jefferson, 1800-1808
  • The War of 1812, 1809-1815
  • The Era of Good Feelings, 1815-1824
  • The Age of Jackson, 1824-1833
  • Changes in Journalism, 1800-1833
  • Reflections on the Press of the Young Republic
  • Bibliographical Essay
  • Sources
  • Index
LC Card Number: 96-7140
LCC Class: PN4861
Dewey Class: 071
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