Propaganda 1776 : secrets, leaks, and revolutionary communications in early America
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| Autore: |
Castronovo Russ
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| Titolo: |
Propaganda 1776 : secrets, leaks, and revolutionary communications in early America
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| Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) |
| Disciplina: | 973.3/88 |
| Soggetto topico: | Propaganda - History - 18th century - United States |
| War and literature - History - 18th century - United States | |
| Regions & Countries - Americas | |
| History & Archaeology | |
| United States - General | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Propaganda |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Introduction: printscapes and propaganda -- State secrets: Ben Franklin and Wikileaks -- Memes, plagiarism, and revolutionary drama -- From East India to the Boston Tea Party: propaganda at the extremes -- Epistolary propaganda: counterfeits, stolen letters, and transatlantic revolutions -- Aftermath: the poetry of the post-revolution. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Russ Castronovo looks at famous patriots like George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Paine; the playwright Mary Otis Warren; and the poet Philip Freneau; providing various anecdotes that demonstrate the ways propaganda was - contrary to our instinctual understanding - fundamental to democracy rather than antithetical to it. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Propaganda 1776 |
| ISBN: | 0-19-935492-8 |
| 0-19-935493-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910154329203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Oxford studies in American literary history.