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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825392503321

Autore

Little Nigel

Titolo

Transoceanic radical, William Duane : national identity and empire 1760-1835 / / by Nigel Little

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Brookfield, Vt., : Pickering & Chatto, 2008

ISBN

1-317-31458-1

1-315-65294-3

1-317-31459-X

1-281-12508-3

9786611125080

1-85196-555-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 230 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Empires in perspective ; ; no. 4

Disciplina

070.92

Soggetti

Journalists - United States

Radicals - United States

United States Politics and government 1783-1865

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-222) and index.

Nota di contenuto

; 1. Origins -- ; 2. The 'great gulf of all undone beings' -- ; 3. The Bengal Journal -- ; 4. An Indian World -- ; 5. 'Tribe of Editors': Censorship and the Indian Press, 1780-99 -- ; 6. London Interlude -- ; 7. Mythical Homeland Made -- ; 8. Jeffersonian Victory -- ; 9. Towards 1812 -- ; 10. The Later Years: 1815-35.

Sommario/riassunto

This is the first biography of the influential radical journalist William Duane to study his American career in light of his formative years in Ireland, England and India. Duane is most famous as the editor of <i>The Aurora</i>, the Philadelphia-based paper which vigorously supported Thomas Jefferson in his 1800 presidential election campaign. Based on extensive archival research, this fascinating monograph explores how early membership of the London Corresponding Society and a ruinous dispute with the East India Company Army helped shape Duane's later Federalist convictions.