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Download or read book Infamous Scribblers written by Eric Burns and published by Public Affairs. This book was released on 2007-02-13 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the raucous journalism of the Revolutionary era, showing how it helped build a nation that endured and offering new perspectives on today's media wars.
Download or read book Infamous Scribblers written by Eric Burns and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2007-02-13 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Infamous Scribblers is a perceptive and witty exploration of the most volatile period in the history of the American press. News correspondent and renowned media historian Eric Burns tells of Ben Franklin, Alexander Hamilton and Sam Adams -- the leading journalists among the Founding Fathers; of George Washington and John Adams, the leading disdainers of journalists; and Thomas Jefferson, the leading manipulator of journalists. These men and the writers who abused and praised them in print (there was, at the time, no job description of "journalist") included the incendiary James Franklin, Ben's brother and one of the first muckrakers; the high minded Thomas Paine; the hatchet man James Callender, and a rebellious crowd of propagandists, pamphleteers, and publishers. It was Washington who gave this book its title. He once wrote of his dismay at being "buffited in the public prints by a set of infamous scribblers." The journalism of the era was often partisan, fabricated, overheated, scandalous, sensationalistic and sometimes stirring, brilliant, and indispensable. Despite its flaws -- even because of some of them -- the participants hashed out publicly the issues that would lead America to declare its independence and, after the war, to determine what sort of nation it would be.
Book Synopsis All the News Unfit to Print by : Eric Burns
Download or read book All the News Unfit to Print written by Eric Burns and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2009-05-18 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You really can't believe everything you read . . . A premature newswire report announces the end of World War I, spurring wild celebrations in American streets days before the actual treaty was signed. A St. Louis newspaper prints reviews of theatrical performances that never took place—they had been canceled due to bad weather. New York newspaper reporters plant evidence in the apartment of the man accused of kidnapping the Lindbergh baby and then call him a liar in the courtroom once the trial begins. These are just a few of the many wrongs that have been reported as right over two centuries of American history. All the News Unfit to Print puts the media under the microscope to expose the many types of mistakes, hoaxes, omissions, and lies that have skewed our understanding of the past, and reveals the range of reasons and motivations—from boredom and haste to politics and greed-behind them. Reviewing a host of journalistic slip-ups involving Ben Franklin, Mark Twain, William Randolph Hearst, Theodore H. White, and many others, this book covers the stories behind the stories to refine incorrect "first drafts" of history from the Revolutionary War era to more recent times. "All the News Unfit to Print is a rollicking joyride that careens through the ridiculous, the odd, and the serious malfeasances in American journalistic history and reminds us of the difference between news and facts." —Neal Gabler, author of Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination
Book Synopsis New Directions in American Politics by : Raymond J. La Raja
Download or read book New Directions in American Politics written by Raymond J. La Raja and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-02-15 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Directions in American Politics introduces students not just to how the American political system works but also to how political science works. La Raja brings together top scholars to write original essays across the standard curriculum of American government and politics, capturing emerging research in the discipline in a way that is accessible for undergraduates. Each chapter combines substantive knowledge with the kind of skill-building and analytical inquiry that is being touted in higher education everywhere. Contributors to New Directions highlight why the questions they seek to answer are critical for understanding American politics, and situate them in the broader context of controversies in research. The teaching of American politics follows a well-worn path. Textbooks for introductory courses hew to a traditional set of chapters that describe the Founding, American institutions, the ways citizens participate in politics, and sometimes public policy. The material rarely engages students in the kind of questions that animate scholarship on politics. One hurdle for instructors is finding material that reflects quality scholarship—and thus teaches students about why, not just what—and yet is accessible for undergraduates. Articles in scholarly journals are typically unsuited for undergraduate courses, particularly introductory courses. What is needed is a book that conveys exciting trends in scholarship across vital topics in American politics and illustrates analytical thinking. New Directions in American Politics is that book and will be an ideal companion to standard textbooks that focus mostly on nuts and bolts of politics. The book features: Contributions from a top-notch cast of active scholars and a highly regarded editor A focus on analytical thinking that addresses questions of causality Full coverage of the American politics curriculum Short interviews with each contributor on a companion website to help the research come alive and prompt critical thinking questions for students Work that draws on the highest quality research in political science but is written specifically for first year undergraduate students. There is simply no book like this available to the growing number of faculty who want their introductory American politics course to be a reflection of the political science discipline and not just the nuts and bolt facts of the American political system.
Book Synopsis How Television Shapes Our Worldview by : Deborah A. Macey
Download or read book How Television Shapes Our Worldview written by Deborah A. Macey and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2014-05-15 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the last half of the twentieth century, television has become the predominant medium through which the public accesses information about the world. Through the news, situation comedies, police dramas, and commercials, we learn about the world around us, and our role within it. These genres, narratives, and cultural forms are not simply entertainment, but powerful socializing agents that show the world as we might never see it in real life. How Television Shapes Our Worldview brings together a diverse set of scholars, methodologies, and theoretical frameworks to interrogate the ways through which television molds our vision of the outside world. The essays include advertising and public relations analyses, audience interviews, and case studies that touch on genres ranging from science fiction in the 1970s to current “reality” television. Television truly provides a powerful influence over how we learn about the world around us and understand its social processes.
Download or read book U.S. Grant written by Owen Wister and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis U. S. Grant and The seven ages of Washington by : Owen Wister
Download or read book U. S. Grant and The seven ages of Washington written by Owen Wister and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Our Peculiar Times by : Fr. George Rutler
Download or read book Our Peculiar Times written by Fr. George Rutler and published by Sophia Institute Press. This book was released on 2020-08-11 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the inimitable Fr. George Rutler comes this timely set of reflections on the ominous times in which we're living. From riots to pandemics, speech codes to behavior mandates, modern man is living in a time of eerie, fast-moving social change that is increasingly resembling some of the darkest periods of history. As we careen toward a breaking point, there persists a profound lack of perception abroad as to what is unfolding right before our eyes. Surrounded by widespread ignorance of history and loss of supernatural faith, we march forward in blindness, unable to perceive or imagine what is in store for us on the other side. Father Rutler dives deep into the relevant histories to put our modern times into a balanced perspective and provide us with moral applications that enable us to see, understand, and navigate our current circumstances. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in rousing our fellow Americans from their slumber and persuading them back to fa
Book Synopsis Scars of Independence by : Holger Hoock
Download or read book Scars of Independence written by Holger Hoock and published by Crown. This book was released on 2018-05-08 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE A magisterial new work that rewrites the story of America's founding The American Revolution is often portrayed as an orderly, restrained rebellion, with brave patriots defending their noble ideals against an oppressive empire. It’s a stirring narrative, and one the founders did their best to encourage after the war. But as historian Holger Hoock shows in this deeply researched and elegantly written account of America’s founding, the Revolution was not only a high-minded battle over principles, but also a profoundly violent civil war—one that shaped the nation, and the British Empire, in ways we have only begun to understand. In Scars of Independence, Hoock writes the violence back into the story of the Revolution. American Patriots persecuted and tortured Loyalists. British troops massacred enemy soldiers and raped colonial women. Prisoners were starved on disease-ridden ships and in subterranean cells. African-Americans fighting for or against independence suffered disproportionately, and Washington’s army waged a genocidal campaign against the Iroquois. In vivid, authoritative prose, Hoock’s new reckoning also examines the moral dilemmas posed by this all-pervasive violence, as the British found themselves torn between unlimited war and restraint toward fellow subjects, while the Patriots documented war crimes in an ingenious effort to unify the fledgling nation. For two centuries we have whitewashed this history of the Revolution. Scars of Independence forces a more honest appraisal, revealing the inherent tensions between moral purpose and violent tendencies in America’s past. In so doing, it offers a new origins story that is both relevant and necessary—an important reminder that forging a nation is rarely bloodless.
Download or read book Pranksters written by Kembrew McLeod and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Benjamin Franklin's newspaper hoax that faked the death of his rival to Abbie HoffmanOCOs attempt to levitate the Pentagon, pranksters, hoaxers, and con artists have caused confusion, disorder, and laughter in Western society for centuries. Profiling the most notorious mischief makers from the 1600s to the present day, a Pranksters aexplores how OC pranksOCO are part of a long tradition of speaking truth to power and social critique. Invoking such historical and contemporary figures as P.T. Barnum, Jonathan Swift, WITCH, The Yes Men, and Stephen Colbert, Kembrew McLeod shows how staged spectacles that balance the serious and humorous can spark important public conversations. In some instances, tricksters have incited social change (and unfortunate prank blowback) by manipulating various forms of media, from newspapers to YouTube. For example, in the 1960s, self-proclaimed OC professional hoaxerOCO Alan Abel lampooned AmericaOCOs hypocritical sexual mores by using conservative rhetoric to fool the news media into covering a satirical organization that advocated clothing naked animals. In the 1990s, Sub Pop Records then-receptionist Megan Jasper satirized the commodification of alternative music culture by pranking thea New York Times ainto reporting on her fake lexicon of OC grunge speak.OCO Throughout this book, McLeod shows how pranks interrupt the daily flow of approved information and news, using humor to underscore larger, pointed truths. Written in an accessible, story-driven style, a Pranksters areveals how mischief makers have left their shocking, entertaining, and educational mark on modern political and social life."
Book Synopsis That's Not What They Meant! by : Michael Austin
Download or read book That's Not What They Meant! written by Michael Austin and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2012-10-09 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines dozens of books, articles, speeches, and radio broadcasts by such figures as Glenn Beck, Mark Levin, Sean Hannity, Larry Schweikart, and David Barton to expose the deep historical flaws in their use of America's founding history. In contrast to their misleading method of citing proof texts to serve a narrow agenda, Austin allows the Founding Fathers to speak for themselves, situating all quotations in the proper historical context. What emerges is a true historical picture of men who often disagreed with one another on such crucial issues as federal power, judicial review, and the separation of church and state. As Austin shows, the real legacy of the Founding Fathers to us is a political process: a system of disagreement, debate, and compromise that has kept democracy vibrant in America for more than two hundred years. Austin’s carefully researched and rigorously argued book is essential reading for anyone seeking the accurate historical background to many of the today's hot-button political debates.
Book Synopsis Between the Novel and the News by : Sari Edelstein
Download or read book Between the Novel and the News written by Sari Edelstein and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2014-04-30 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While American literary history has long acknowledged the profound influence of journalism on canonical male writers, Sari Edelstein argues that American women writers were also influenced by a dynamic relationship with the mainstream press. From the early republic through the turn of the twentieth century, she offers a comprehensive reassessment of writers such as Catharine Maria Sedgwick, Harriet Jacobs, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Drawing on slave narratives, sentimental novels, and realist fiction, Edelstein examines how advances in journalism—including the emergence of the penny press, the rise of the story-paper, and the birth of eyewitness reportage—shaped not only a female literary tradition but also gender conventions themselves. Excluded from formal politics and lacking the vote, women writers were deft analysts of the prevalent tropes and aesthetic gestures of journalism, which they alternately relied upon and resisted in their efforts to influence public opinion and to intervene in political debates. Ultimately, Between the Novel and the News is a project of recovery that transforms our understanding of the genesis and the development of American women’s writing.
Download or read book Whistlestop written by John Dickerson and published by Twelve. This book was released on 2016-08-02 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From Face the Nation moderator and contributing editor for The Atlantic John Dickerson come the stories behind the stories of the most memorable moments in American presidential campaign history. The stakes are high. The characters full of striving and ego. Presidential campaigns are a contest for control of power in the most powerful country on earth. The battle of ideas has a clear end, with winners and losers, and along the way there are sharp turning points-primaries, debates, conventions, and scandals that squeeze candidates into emergency action, frantic grasping, and heroic gambles. As Mike Murphy the political strategist put it, "Campaigns are like war without bullets." WHISTLESTOP tells the human story of nervous gambits hatched in first-floor hotel rooms, failures of will before the microphone, and the cross-country crack-ups of long-planned stratagems. At the bar at the end of a campaign day, these are the stories reporters rehash for themselves and embellish for newcomers. In addition to the familiar tales, WHISTLESTOP also remembers the forgotten stories about the bruising and reckless campaigns of the nineteenth century when the combatants believed the consequences included the fate of the republic itself. Some of the most modern-feeling elements of the American presidential campaign were born before the roads were paved and electric lights lit the convention halls-or there were convention halls at all. WHISTLESTOP is a ride through the American campaign history with one of its most enthusiastic conductors guiding you through the landmarks along the way.
Book Synopsis The Seven Ages of Washington by : Owen Wister
Download or read book The Seven Ages of Washington written by Owen Wister and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The works of John Dryden, Vol.7 by : John Dryden
Download or read book The works of John Dryden, Vol.7 written by John Dryden and published by VM eBooks. This book was released on 2016-02-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Table of Contents THE DUKE OF GUISE. A RAREE SHOW. Leviathan. Topham. Leviathan. Topham. Leviathan. Topham. Leviathan. Footnotes DRAMATIS PERSONÆ. THE DUKE OF GUISE. SCENE II. SCENE III. ACT II. SCENE I. SCENE II.—The Louvre. ACT III. SCENE I. SCENE II. SCENE II.—A Night Scene. SCENE III. SCENE IV. SCENE V.—The Louvre. SCENE II.—Scene opens, and discovers Men and Women at a Banquet, Malicorn standing by. A SONG BETWIXT A SHEPHERD AND SHEPHERDESS. Shepherdess. Shepherd. Shepherdess. Shepherd. Chorus together. SCENE III.—Enter Duke of Guise; Cardinal, and Aumale. SCENE II.—The Court before the Council-hall. SCENE III.—The Council-hall. THE VINDICATION: VINDICATION OF THE DUKE OF GUISE. ALBION AND ALBANIUS: AN OPERA ALBION AND ALBANIUS. THE PREFACE. POSTSCRIPT. PROLOGUE THE FRONTISPIECE. ACT I. ACT II. CHACON [ 3]. Two Nymphs and Tritons sing. Two Nymphs and Tritons. The two Nymphs and Tritons sing. ACT III. EPILOGUE DON SEBASTIAN. A TRAGEDY. DON SEBASTIAN. THE PREFACE. PROLOGUE SENT TO THE AUTHOR BY AN UNKNOWN HAND, AND PROPOSED TO BE SPOKEN BY MRS MOUNTFORD, DRESSED LIKE AN OFFICER.[1] DRAMATIS PERSONÆ. ACT I. SCENE I. SCENE II.—Supposed a Garden, with lodging rooms behind it, or on the sides. SCENE II.—A Night-Scene of the Mufti's Garden, where an Arbour is discovered. SCENE II.—A Night-Scene of the Mufti's Garden. SCENE III.—Changes to the Castle Yard,
Download or read book Williamsburg at Dawn written by and published by Telford Publications. This book was released on 2011-06-22 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis George Washington by : Norman Hapgood
Download or read book George Washington written by Norman Hapgood and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
