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OverviewAlthough frequently attacked for their partisanship and undue political influence, the American media of today are objective and relatively ineffectual compared to their counterparts of two hundred years ago. From the late eighteenth to the late nineteenth century, newspapers were the republic's central political institutions, working components of the party system rather than commentators on it. The Tyranny of Printers narrates the rise of this newspaper-based politics, in which editors became the chief party spokesmen and newspaper offices often served as local party headquarters. Beginning when Thomas Jefferson enlisted a Philadelphia editor to carry out his battle with Alexander Hamilton for the soul of the new republic (and got caught trying to cover it up), the centrality of newspapers in political life gained momentum after Jefferson's victory in 1800, which was widely credited to a superior network of papers. Jeffrey L. Pasley tells the rich story of this political culture and its culmination in Jacksonian democracy, enlivening his narrative with accounts of the colorful but often tragic careers of individual editors. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jeffrey L. PasleyPublisher: University of Virginia Press Imprint: University of Virginia Press Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.751kg ISBN: 9780813921778ISBN 10: 0813921775 Pages: 544 Publication Date: 30 November 2002 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of print, replaced by POD  We will order this item for you from a manufatured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviews'The Tyranny of Printers' is... an essential journey for those who care about the history of our nation's early years, and the emergence of ordinary artisans as extraordinary leaders, sounding and heeding the call to freedom. - Washington Post Book World; This liberal critique should be read by many of the great number who are now exposed to the conservative biography of Adams by David McCullough.... ['The Tyranny of Printers'] is a sprightly and provocative history, written with far more flair than the usual scholarly treatise. - St. Louis Post-Dispatch; The most comprehensive and important work on the partisan printer-editors of the early republic.... [I]t is the first work students and general readers should consult on the subject. - Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography; This is a tremendously valuable work.... Pasley has challenged historians to reevaluate previously held assumptions about early American party development.... Readers will find his narrative engrossing, informative, and persuasive. Anyone interested in journalism, the rise of political parties, or early American history should read 'The Tyranny of Printers' at least twice. - Southern Historian; Astute, compelling, and exhaustively researched.... Pasley's detailed analyses of the knolly associations between press and party... are thoughtful, rich, and persuasive. - William and Mary Quarterly; Pasley's thesis, distilled from a huge primary and secondary literature, is felicitously embroidered. His sketches of individual journalists - some of them well known, others until now obscure - are particularly valuable. This is an important book not just for historians of the press, but for students of the early republic generally, Highly recommended. - Choice "“'The Tyranny of Printers' is... an essential journey for those who care about the history of our nation's early years, and the emergence of ordinary artisans as extraordinary leaders, sounding and heeding the call to freedom.” - Washington Post Book World|""""This liberal critique should be read by many of the great number who are now exposed to the conservative biography of Adams by David McCullough.... ['The Tyranny of Printers'] is a sprightly and provocative history, written with far more flair than the usual scholarly treatise."""" - St. Louis Post-Dispatch|""""The most comprehensive and important work on the partisan printer-editors of the early republic.... [I]t is the first work students and general readers should consult on the subject."""" - Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography|""""This is a tremendously valuable work.... Pasley has challenged historians to reevaluate previously held assumptions about early American party development.... Readers will find his narrative engrossing, informative, and persuasive. Anyone interested in journalism, the rise of political parties, or early American history should read 'The Tyranny of Printers' at least twice."""" - Southern Historian|""""Astute, compelling, and exhaustively researched.... Pasley's detailed analyses of the knolly associations between press and party... are thoughtful, rich, and persuasive."""" - William and Mary Quarterly|""""Pasley's thesis, distilled from a huge primary and secondary literature, is felicitously embroidered. His sketches of individual journalists - some of them well known, others until now obscure - are particularly valuable. This is an important book not just for historians of the press, but for students of the early republic generally, Highly recommended."""" - Choice" Author InformationJeffrey L. Pasley, a former staff writer for the New Republic, is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Missouri. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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