The Public Prints is the first comprehensive study of the role of the earliest American newspapers in the society and culture of the eighteenth century. In the hands of Charles E. Clark, American newspaper publishing becomes a branch of the English world of print in a story that begins in the bustli...

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1. Verfasser:	Clark, Charles E., 1929-
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.
Schlagworte:	To 1783 American newspapers > History. British newspapers > History. Journaux américains > Histoire. Journaux britanniques > Histoire. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Journalism. American newspapers British newspapers Civilization Nieuwsbladen. United States > Civilization > To 1783. États-Unis > Civilisation > Jusqu'à 1783. United States English newspapers > History History
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Zusammenfassung:	The Public Prints is the first comprehensive study of the role of the earliest American newspapers in the society and culture of the eighteenth century. In the hands of Charles E. Clark, American newspaper publishing becomes a branch of the English world of print in a story that begins in the bustling streets of late seventeenth-century London and moves to the provincial towns of England and across the Atlantic. While Clark's most detailed attention in America is to the three multi-newspaper towns of Boston, New York, and Philadelphia, evidence from Williamsburg, Charleston, and Barbados also contributes to generalizations about the craft and business of eighteenth-century publishing. Stressing continuing trans-Atlantic connections as well as English origins, Clark argues that the newspapers were a force both for 'anglicization' in their attempts to replicate English culture in America and for 'Americanization' in creating a fuller awareness of the British-American experience across colonial boundaries.; He suggests, finally, that the newspapers' greatest cultural role in provincial America was the creation of a community bound by the celebration of common values and attachments through the shared ritual of reading.
Beschreibung:	1 online resource (xiv, 330 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-318) and index.
ISBN:	1429405724 9781429405720 1280526785 9781280526787