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Scandal & civility :

(Number (ISBN

0199721440

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1281930881

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6611930884

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9780199721443

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9781281930880

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9786611930882

Erroneous ISBN

0195172124

Erroneous ISBN

9780195172126

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b746375

Title Proper

Scandal & civility :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

journalism and the birth of American democracy /

First Statement of Responsibility

Marcus Daniel.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Oxford University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2009.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (ix, 386 pages) :

Other Physical Details

illustrations

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-374) and index.

Text of Note

Introduction -- The other founding fathers -- John Fenno and the constitution of a national character -- Philip Freneau and the invention of the Republican party -- Benjamin Franklin Bache and the desacralization of George Washington -- Noah Webster and the demoralization of the body politic -- William Cobbett and the politics of personality -- William Duane and the triumph of infidelity -- Conclusion : the revenge of respectability.

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A new breed of journalists came to the fore in post-revolutionary America--fiercely partisan, highly ideological, and possessed of a bold sense of vocation and purpose as they entered the fray of political debate. Often condemned by latter-day historians and widely seen in their own time as a threat to public and personal civility, these colorful figures emerge in this provocative new book as the era's most important agents of political democracy. Through incisive portraits of the most influential journalists of the 1790s--William Cobbett, Benjamin Franklin Bache, Philip Freneau, Noah Webster, John Fenno, and William Duane--Scandal and Civility moves beyond the usual cast of "revolutionary brothers" and "founding fathers" to offer a fresh perspective on a seemingly familiar story. Marcus Daniel demonstrates how partisan journalists, both Federalist and Democratic-Republican, were instrumental in igniting and expanding vital debates over the character of political leaders, the nature of representative government, and, ultimately, the role of the free press itself. Their rejection of civility and self-restraint--not even icons like George Washington were spared their satirical skewerings--earned these men the label "peddlers of scurrility." Yet, as Daniel shows, by breaking with earlier conceptions of "impartial" journalism, they challenged the elite dominance of political discourse and helped fuel the enormous political creativity of the early republic. Daniel's nuanced and penetrating narrative captures this key period of American history in all its contentious complexity. And in today's climate, when many decry media "excesses" and the relentlessly partisan and personal character of political debate, his book is a timely reminder that discord and difference were essential to the very creation of our political culture.

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MIL

Stock Number

193088

Title

Scandal & civility.

International Standard Book Number

0195172124

Parallel Title

Scandal and civility

Journalism-- Political aspects-- United States-- History-- 18th century.

Journalism-- United States-- History-- 18th century.

Newspaper editors-- United States, Biography.

Press and politics-- United States-- History-- 18th century.

Journalism-- Political aspects.

Journalism.

LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES-- Journalism.

Newspaper editors.

Press and politics.

United States.

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LAN-- 008000

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Edition

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Book number

Daniel, Marcus Leonard,1962-

Date of Transaction

20201204063158.0

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[Book]

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