Knowledge is power : the diffusion of information in early America, 1700-1865 / / Richard D. Brown
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Brown Richard D
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| Titolo: | Knowledge is power : the diffusion of information in early America, 1700-1865 / / Richard D. Brown |
| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Oxford University Press, 1991, c1989 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (385 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 302.2/0973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Communication - United States - History |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Civilization To 1783 |
| United States Civilization 1783-1865 | |
| Note generali: | Originally published:1989. |
| Previously issued in print: 1991. | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliography: p. [303]-361 and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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, 1711-1830 |
| 7 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; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Discusses how information moved through 18th- and 19th-century American society, mainly through the expansion of the printed word and its change from the possession of the learned and wealthy into a mass-audience market. |
| ISBN: | 0-19-755499-7 |
| 0-19-771416-1 | |
| 1-280-44134-8 | |
| 1-4237-3753-9 | |
| 1-60129-857-9 | |
| 0-19-507265-0 | |
| 0-19-802134-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910821562703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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