02636oam 2200589zu 450 991015432920332120210731015521.00-19-935492-80-19-935493-6(CKB)3710000000223296(SSID)ssj0001334241(PQKBManifestationID)12603293(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001334241(PQKBWorkID)11392762(PQKB)10861148(StDuBDS)EDZ0000743860(MiAaPQ)EBC4842613(EXLCZ)99371000000022329620160829d2014 uy engur|||||||||||txtccrPropaganda 1776 : secrets, leaks, and revolutionary communications in early AmericaNew York :Oxford University Press,2014.1 online resource illustrations (black and white)Oxford studies in American literary history Propaganda 1776 Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-19-935490-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: printscapes and propaganda -- State secrets: Ben Franklin and Wikileaks -- Memes, plagiarism, and revolutionary drama -- From East India to the Boston Tea Party: propaganda at the extremes -- Epistolary propaganda: counterfeits, stolen letters, and transatlantic revolutions -- Aftermath: the poetry of the post-revolution.Russ Castronovo looks at famous patriots like George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Paine; the playwright Mary Otis Warren; and the poet Philip Freneau; providing various anecdotes that demonstrate the ways propaganda was - contrary to our instinctual understanding - fundamental to democracy rather than antithetical to it.Oxford studies in American literary history.PropagandaHistory18th centuryUnited StatesWar and literatureHistory18th centuryUnited StatesRegions & Countries - AmericasHILCCHistory & ArchaeologyHILCCUnited States - GeneralHILCCUnited StatesHistoryRevolution, 1775-1783PropagandaPropagandaHistoryWar and literatureHistoryRegions & Countries - AmericasHistory & ArchaeologyUnited States - General973.3/88Castronovo Russ480872PQKBBOOK9910154329203321Propaganda 1776255623UNINA