Fanatics and fire-eaters : newspapers and the coming of the Civil War / / Lorman A. Ratner and Dwight L. Teeter, Jr

• Autore: Ratner Lorman
• Pubblicazione: Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, 2003
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiii, 138 p.)
• Disciplina: 973.7/11
• Soggetto topico: Journalism - Political aspects - United States - History - 19th century; Press and politics - United States - History - 19th century; American newspapers - History - 19th century
• Soggetto geografico: United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Causes; United States Politics and government 1849-1861; United States Social conditions To 1865
• Altri autori: TeeterDwight L., Jr., <1935-2015.>
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: In 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Fanatics and fire-eaters
• ISBN: 9786613896001; 9780252092213; 025209221X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910957601503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: History of communication.