Debating the Issues in Colonial Newspapers
Primary Documents on Events of the Period
Published on 30. August 2000
Book
Hardback
416 pages
978-0-313-30982-3 (ISBN)
Description
For every major event or issue of the colonial period, newspapers printed the opinions of the day, in many cases attempting to influence public opinion. Issues such as medical discoveries, education, and censorship are covered in this collection along with important events such as the French and Indian War, the trial of John Peter Zenger, and the Boston Massacre. Each chapter introduces the event or issue and includes news articles, letters, essays, even poetry representing both sides of the argument as they affected Americans. Each document is preceded by an explanatory introduction. This is the only collection of primary source documents from colonial newspapers on the events of the era and will be a valuable tool for research and classroom discussion.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
787 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-313-30982-3 (9780313309823)
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David A. Copeland
Debating the Issues in Colonial Newspapers
Primary Documents on Events of the Period
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DAVID A. COPELAND is the A. J. Fletcher Professor of Communication at Elon University. A past president of the American Journalism Historians Association, he was named Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Virginia Professor of the Year in 1998.
Content
Introduction: Newspaper in Colonial America Censorship, Printing Control and Freedom of the Press, 1690 The Inoculation Controversy, 1721 Impartiality, Objectivity and the Press, 1729 Attakulakula Visits King George, 1730: Native American-English Relations The Trial of John Peter Zenger, 1735 Women's Rights, 1738 The Stono Rebellion, 1739 The Great Awakening and George Whitefield, 1739-1745 Religious Divisions, 1740-1745 Massachusetts Legalizes Lotteries, 1744 Medical Discoveries: The Amazing Tar Water, 1745 Paper Money and the Currency Act, 1751 The New York Public Education Controversy, 1753-1755 The Albany Congress, Plan of Union, and French and Indian War, 1754-1763 The Cherokee War, 1759-1761 The Stamp Act Crisis, 1765-1766 No Taxation without Representation, 1765-1766 Tories versus Patriots, 1768-1775 The Sons of Liberty, 1765-1776 Nonimportation, 1768-1775 The Boston Massacre, 1770 Religious Liberty: Baptists Call for Toleration, 1770-1776 The Somerset Case and the Anti-Slavery Controversy, 1772 The Tea Act and the Boston Tea Party, 1773-1774 The Continental Congress, 1774-1775 Edenton Tea Party and Perceptions of Women, 1774 Arguments over Going to War with England, 1774-1776 Separation from England, 1768-1776 Battles of Lexington and Concord, 1775 Thomas Paine Publishes Common Sense, 1776 The Declaration of Independence, 1776 Chronology of Events Selected Bibliography Index