LEADER 03774nam 2200721Ia 450 001 9910957601503321 005 20251117084732.0 010 $a9786613896001 010 $a9780252092213 010 $a025209221X 035 $a(CKB)2670000000241158 035 $a(EBL)3414019 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000745223 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11484340 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000745223 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10852112 035 $a(PQKB)11463092 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3414019 035 $a(OCoLC)811409118 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse23922 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3414019 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10593691 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL389600 035 $a(OCoLC)923494919 035 $a(Perlego)2382955 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000241158 100 $a20020429d2003 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFanatics and fire-eaters $enewspapers and the coming of the Civil War /$fLorman A. Ratner and Dwight L. Teeter, Jr 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aUrbana $cUniversity of Illinois Press$d2003 215 $a1 online resource (xiii, 138 p.) 225 1 $aThe history of communication 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780252072215 311 08$a0252072219 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe 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. 330 8 $aIn the troubled years leading up to the Civil War, newspapers in the North and South presented the arguments for and against slavery, debated the right to secede, and in general denounced opposing viewpoints with imagination and vigor. At the same time, new technologies like railroads and the telegraph lent the debates an immediacy that both enflamed emotions and brought the slavery issue into every home. Lorman A. Ratner and Dwight L. Teeter Jr. look at the power of America's fast-growing media to influence perception and the course of events prior to the Civil War. Drawing on newspaper accounts from across the United States, the authors look at how the media covered-and the public reacted to-major events like the Dred Scott decision, John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry, and the election of 1860. They find not only North-South disputes about the institution of slavery but differing visions of the republic itself-and which region was the true heir to the legacy of the American Revolution. 410 0$aHistory of communication. 606 $aJournalism$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aPress and politics$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aAmerican newspapers$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xCauses 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1849-1861 607 $aUnited States$xSocial conditions$yTo 1865 615 0$aJournalism$xPolitical aspects$xHistory 615 0$aPress and politics$xHistory 615 0$aAmerican newspapers$xHistory 676 $a973.7/11 700 $aRatner$b Lorman$01796950 701 $aTeeter$b Dwight L.$cJr.,$f1935-2015.$01806184 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910957601503321 996 $aFanatics and fire-eaters$94355215 997 $aUNINA