The Selling of the Constitutional Convention
A History of News Coverage
During the long summer of 1787, while half a hundred men deliberated in utmost secrecy over the fate of a nation, newspaper editors went to great length to win support for the federalist cause. By launching one of the greatest media marketing campaigns in American history, publishers repeatedly promoted the anticipated results of the Constitutional Convention while actively stifling its antifederal critics. In this revealing expose of media management in the eighteenth century, historian John K. Alexander demonstrates how publishers' tacit political assumptions and their tightly woven information networks channeled public debate over the iss…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-945612-15-5
- EAN: 9780945612155
- Produktnummer: 4576941
- Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1990
- Seitenangabe: 258 S.
- Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.7 cm x D1.9 cm 568 g
- Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken mit Schutzumschlag
- Gewicht: 568
Über den Autor
John K. Alexander is a professor at the University of Cincinnati where he specializes in American revolutionary era history. Along with a number of scholarly articles, he has authored Render Them Submissive: Responses to Poverty in Philadelphia, 1760-1800.
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