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The creation of the media : political origins of modern communications /

Title:
The creation of the media : political origins of modern communications /
Author:
Starr, Paul, 1949-
Published:
New York : c2004.
Format:
Book
Institution:
Lesley Sherrill, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Emerson College
Contents:
Introduction. The political origins of modern communications -- Revolutions as constitutive moments -- Communications and power -- The path of American development -- pt. I. The opening of the public sphere, 1600-1860 -- 1. Early modern origins -- The diffusion and control of print -- Networks and news -- England's opening -- France and the transnational public -- The De Facto public sphere -- 2. New foundations -- Colonial legacies -- The Revolution and the public sphere -- Constitutional choices -- Why rights mattered -- 3. America's first information revolution -- The creation of the news network -- Privacy and public knowledge -- The democratization of competence -- An American revolution in communications -- 4. Capitalism and democracy in print -- Publishing and the limits of copyright -- The revolution of cheap print -- New publics, new markets -- Center and periphery in antebellum America -- The consequences of political choice --

Online access:
No online access
Library holdings:
Emerson Main Stacks
P92.U5 S646 2004Available
Lesley/EDS-Sherrill Library Main Stacks
P92.U5 S646 2004Available
Wentworth Stacks--Upper Level
302.23 .S73 2004Available