Henry Watterson and the new South : the politics of empire, free trade, and globalization /

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Henry Watterson (1840-1921), editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal from the 1860s through WWI, was one of the most important and widely read newspaper editors in American history. An influential New South supporter of sectional reconciliation and economic development, Watterson was also the natio...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Margolies, Daniel S., 1969-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, ©2006.
Series:Topics in Kentucky history.
Subjects:
Watterson, Henry, > 1840-1921.
Watterson, Henry, > 1840-1921
Newspaper editors > United States > Biography.
Journalists > United States > Biography.
Journalistes > États-Unis > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Journalism.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Journalists
Newspaper editors
United States
Biography
Biographies
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Henry Watterson (1840-1921), editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal from the 1860s through WWI, was one of the most important and widely read newspaper editors in American history. An influential New South supporter of sectional reconciliation and economic development, Watterson was also the nation's premier advocate of free trade and globalization. Watterson's vision of a prosperous and independent South within an expanding American empire was unique among prominent Southerners and Democrats. He helped articulate the bipartisan embrace of globalization that accompanied America's rise to unm.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 340 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-328) and index.
ISBN:9780813171579
0813171571
9780813138527
0813138523
9780813134970
0813134978

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