ISBN:
9780195044171
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (385 p.)
Parallel Title:
Print version Knowledge Is Power : The Diffusion of Information in Early America, 1700-1865
DDC:
302.2/0973
Keywords:
Communication ; United States ; History
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United States ; Civilization ; 1783-1865
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United States ; Civilization ; To 1783
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Brown here explores America's first communications revolution--the revolution that made printed goods and public oratory widely available and, by means of the steamboat, railroad and telegraph, sharply accelerated the pace at which information travelled. He describes the day-to-day experiences of dozens of men and women, and in the process illuminates the social dimensions of this profound, far-reaching transformation. Brown begins in Massachusetts and Virginia in the early 18th century, when public information was the precious possession of the wealthy, learned, and powerful, who used it to r
Description / Table of Contents:
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 1760s to the 1790s; 6 Information and Insularity: The Experiences of Yankee Farmers, 1711-1830
Description / Table of Contents:
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 1840s; 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;
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Description based upon print version of record
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