The origins of a free press in prerevolutionary Virginia : creating a culture of political dissent /

This interdisciplinary study examines the origins of the freedom of the press in Colonial Virginia tracing the development of print culture. It demonstrates how changes in the dominant medium of communication were an important enabler of the cultural development that allowed for the growth of politi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mellen, Roger P.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, ©2009.
Temas:
1700-1799
Press > Virginia > History > 18th century.
Printing > Political aspects > Virginia > History > 18th century.
Freedom of the press > Virginia > History > 18th century.
Presse > Virginie > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Liberté de la presse > Virginie > Histoire > 18e siècle.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Journalism.
Freedom of the press.
Press.
Printing > Political aspects.
Virginia.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue: culture of deference
  • Print culture in the early Chesapeake Region
  • Chesapeake newspapers and expanding civic discourse, 1728-1764
  • The colonial Chesapeake almanac: revolutionary "agent of change"
  • Women, print, and discourse
  • The Stamp Act
  • Thomas Jefferson and the origins of newspaper competition
  • Liberty of the press
  • Epilogue.

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