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Fanatics and fire-eaters : newspapers and the coming of the Civil War

"During the years just before the Civil War, key newspapers in the United States became true mass media for the first time, reaching American society, North and South, as never before. In Fanatics and Fire-eaters, Lorman A. Ratner and Dwight L. Teeter, Jr., examine how this newly acquired power...

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Main Author: Ratner, Lorman.
Contributors: Teeter, Dwight L., Jr., 1935-2015.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2003.
Series:History of communication
Subjects and Genres:
Journalism > Political aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
Press and politics > United States > History > 19th century.
American newspapers > History > 19th century.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Causes.
United States > Politics and government > 1849-1861.
United States > Social conditions > To 1865.
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Call Number: E 459 .R3125 2003
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