Description: 2001 1st Edition 518 pagesGood condition-missing dust jacket, 1 note penned in margin (p.113) otherwise clean pages, date of purchase penned inside cover, nameplate on first page, boards/binding/spine all excellent, very minor minor shelf wear 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 century to the late nineteenth century, newspapers were the republic’a 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 politics, in which editors became the chief party spokesman and newspaper offices often served as local party headquarters. Beginning when Thomas Jefferson enlisted Philadelphia editor to carry out his battle with Alexander Hamilton for the soul of the new republic (and got caught trying to cover it up), the centrality of newspapers in political life gained momentum after Jefferson’s victory in 1800, which was widely credited to a superior network of papers.
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Publication Year: 2001
Type: Academic History
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Book Title: The Tyranny of Printers
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated
Author: Jeffrey L. Pasley
Publisher: The University Press of Virginia
Topic: Newspapers, American Media, Jacksonian Democracy, 18th Century, 19th Century, Politics
Subjects: History & Military
