02703nam 2200685Ia 450 991046234800332120200520144314.01-283-58355-097866138960010-252-09221-X(CKB)2670000000241158(EBL)3414019(SSID)ssj0000745223(PQKBManifestationID)11484340(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000745223(PQKBWorkID)10852112(PQKB)11463092(MiAaPQ)EBC3414019(OCoLC)811409118(MdBmJHUP)muse23922(Au-PeEL)EBL3414019(CaPaEBR)ebr10593691(CaONFJC)MIL389600(OCoLC)923494919(EXLCZ)99267000000024115820020429d2003 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFanatics and fire-eaters[electronic resource] newspapers and the coming of the Civil War /Lorman A. Ratner and Dwight L. Teeter, JrUrbana University of Illinois Press20031 online resource (159 p.)The history of communicationDescription based upon print version of record.0-252-07221-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.The emergence of a democratic press -- Impeding civilization: the Brooks-Sumner incident -- The Dred Scott decision and a society of laws -- Kansas and the Lecompton constitution: does the majority rule? -- John Brown's raid: violence in a republican society -- Lincoln's election: could a republican lead the republic? -- Firing on Fort Sumter: a republic at war with itself -- Conclusion: the shattered republic.History of communication.JournalismPolitical aspectsUnited StatesHistory19th centuryPress and politicsUnited StatesHistory19th centuryAmerican newspapersHistory19th centuryUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865CausesUnited StatesPolitics and government1849-1861United StatesSocial conditionsTo 1865Electronic books.JournalismPolitical aspectsHistoryPress and politicsHistoryAmerican newspapersHistory973.7/11Ratner Lorman868958Teeter Dwight L868960MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462348003321Fanatics and fire-eaters2082526UNINA