The Tyranny of Printers: Newspaper Politics in the Early American Republic

by Jeffrey L. Pasley

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Although frequently attacked for their partisanship and undue political influence, the American media of today are objective and relatively ineffectual compared to their counterparts of two hundred years ago. From the late eighteenth to the late nineteenth century, newspapers were the republic's central political institutions, working components of the party system rather than commentators on it. The Tyranny of Printers narrates the rise of this newspaper-based...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0813920302

ISBN13:9780813920306

Release Date:January 2001

Publisher:University of Virginia Press

Length:517 Pages

Weight:2.10 lbs.

Dimensions:1.4" x 6.5" x 9.6"

Related Subjects

19th Century Communication & Media Studies History Journalism & Nonfiction Language Arts Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences Writing

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