03444nam 2200625Ia 450 991045799850332120200520144314.01-280-44134-81-4237-3753-91-60129-857-90-19-507265-00-19-802134-8(CKB)1000000000396038(EBL)241382(OCoLC)475956479(SSID)ssj0000187930(PQKBManifestationID)11939177(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000187930(PQKBWorkID)10143889(PQKB)11564910(MiAaPQ)EBC241382(MiAaPQ)EBC4702469(Au-PeEL)EBL241382(CaPaEBR)ebr10086870(CaONFJC)MIL44134(EXLCZ)99100000000039603819920211e19911989 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrKnowledge is power[electronic resource] the diffusion of information in early America, 1700-1865 /Richard D. BrownNew York Oxford University Press1991, c19891 online resource (385 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-504417-7 Includes bibliography: p. [303]-361 and index.Contents; Introduction; 1 Information and Authority in Samuel Sewall's Boston, 1676-1729; 2 William Byrd II and the Challenge of Rusticity Among the Tidewater Gentry; 3 Rural Clergymen and the Communication Networks of 18th-Century New England; 4 Lawyers, Public Office, and Communication Patterns in Provincial Massachusetts: The Early Careers of Robert Treat Paine and John Adams, 1749-1774; 5 Communications and Commerce: Information Diffusion in Northern Ports from the 1760's to the 1790's; 6 Information and Insularity: The Experiences of Yankee Farmers, 1711-18307 Daughters, Wives, Mothers: Domestic Roles and the Mastery of Affective Information, 1765-18658 William Bentley and the Ideal of Universal Information in the Enlightened Republic; 9 Choosing One's Fare: Northern Men in the 1840's; 10 The Dynamics of Contagious Diffusion: The Battles of Lexington and Concord, George Washington's Death, and the Assassination of President Lincoln, 1775-1865; Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; IndexBrown here explores America's first communications revolution--the revolution that made printed goods and public oratory widely available and, by means of the steamboat, railroad and telegraph, sharply accelerated the pace at which information traveled. He describes the day-to-day experiences of dozens of men and women, and in the process illuminates the social dimensions of this profound, far-reaching transformation. Brown begins in Massachusetts and Virginia in the early 18th century, when public information was the precious possession of the wealthy, learned, and powerful, who used it toCommunicationUnited StatesHistoryUnited StatesCivilizationTo 1783United StatesCivilization1783-1865Electronic books.CommunicationHistory.302.2/0973Brown Richard D120124MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457998503321Knowledge is power2277049UNINA