Title:
Fanatics and fire-eaters : newspapers and the coming of the Civil War / Lorman A. Ratner and Dwight L. Teeter, Jr.
Author:
Ratner, Lorman.
Teeter, Dwight L., Jr., 1935-2015.
Publication Information:
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2004.
Call Number:
E459 .R3125 2004
Edition:
1st pbk. ed.
ISBN:
9780252072215
Series:
The history of communication
History of communication.
Physical Description:
xiii, 138 pages ; 24 cm.
Contents:
The emergence of a democratic press -- Impeding civilization: the Brooks-Sumner incident -- The Dred Scott decision and a society of laws -- Kansas and the Lecompton constitution: does the majority rule? -- John Brown's raid: violence in a republican society -- Lincoln's election: could a republican lead the republic? -- Firing on Fort Sumter: a republic at war with itself -- Conclusion: the shattered republic.
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