Scandal & civility : journalism and the birth of American democracy /

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A new breed of journalists came to the fore in post-revolutionary America--fiercely partisan, highly ideological, and possessed of a bold sense of vocation and purpose as they entered the fray of political debate. Often condemned by latter-day historians and widely seen in their own time as a threat...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Daniel, Marcus Leonard, 1962-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Series:OUP E-Books.
Subjects:
1700-1799
Journalism > United States > History > 18th century.
Press and politics > United States > History > 18th century.
Journalism > Political aspects > United States > History > 18th century.
Newspaper editors > United States > Biography.
Presse > Aspect politique > États-Unis > Histoire > 18e siècle.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Journalism.
Journalism
Journalism > Political aspects
Newspaper editors
Press and politics
United States
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The other founding fathers
  • John Fenno and the constitution of a national character
  • Philip Freneau and the invention of the Republican party
  • Benjamin Franklin Bache and the desacralization of George Washington
  • Noah Webster and the demoralization of the body politic
  • William Cobbett and the politics of personality
  • William Duane and the triumph of infidelity
  • Conclusion : the revenge of respectability.

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