Author: Lorman A. Ratner
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 025209221X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
In the troubled years leading up to the Civil War, newspapers in the North and South presented the arguments for and against slavery, debated the right to secede, and in general denounced opposing viewpoints with imagination and vigor. At the same time, new technologies like railroads and the telegraph lent the debates an immediacy that both enflamed emotions and brought the slavery issue into every home. Lorman A. Ratner and Dwight L. Teeter Jr. look at the power of America's fast-growing media to influence perception and the course of events prior to the Civil War. Drawing on newspaper accounts from across the United States, the authors look at how the media covered—and the public reacted to—major events like the Dred Scott decision, John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry, and the election of 1860. They find not only North-South disputes about the institution of slavery but differing visions of the republic itself—and which region was the true heir to the legacy of the American Revolution.
Fanatics and Fire-eaters
Author: Lorman A. Ratner
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 025209221X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
In the troubled years leading up to the Civil War, newspapers in the North and South presented the arguments for and against slavery, debated the right to secede, and in general denounced opposing viewpoints with imagination and vigor. At the same time, new technologies like railroads and the telegraph lent the debates an immediacy that both enflamed emotions and brought the slavery issue into every home. Lorman A. Ratner and Dwight L. Teeter Jr. look at the power of America's fast-growing media to influence perception and the course of events prior to the Civil War. Drawing on newspaper accounts from across the United States, the authors look at how the media covered—and the public reacted to—major events like the Dred Scott decision, John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry, and the election of 1860. They find not only North-South disputes about the institution of slavery but differing visions of the republic itself—and which region was the true heir to the legacy of the American Revolution.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 025209221X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
In the troubled years leading up to the Civil War, newspapers in the North and South presented the arguments for and against slavery, debated the right to secede, and in general denounced opposing viewpoints with imagination and vigor. At the same time, new technologies like railroads and the telegraph lent the debates an immediacy that both enflamed emotions and brought the slavery issue into every home. Lorman A. Ratner and Dwight L. Teeter Jr. look at the power of America's fast-growing media to influence perception and the course of events prior to the Civil War. Drawing on newspaper accounts from across the United States, the authors look at how the media covered—and the public reacted to—major events like the Dred Scott decision, John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry, and the election of 1860. They find not only North-South disputes about the institution of slavery but differing visions of the republic itself—and which region was the true heir to the legacy of the American Revolution.
The Fire Eaters
Author: David Theis
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Languages : en
Pages : 258
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Languages : en
Pages : 258
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No Compromise!
Author: Arnold Whitridge
Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Cudahy
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Cudahy
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Fire-Men Versus Fire-Eaters
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Around the Fire Eaters
Author: Jim Normington
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Languages : en
Pages : 30
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Pages : 30
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Foreigners and fire-eaters
Author: Allison A. DeFreese
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Languages : en
Pages : 252
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Pages : 252
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Fire-eaters
Author: Paul Copley
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Languages : en
Pages : 174
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Pages : 174
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Torch of Disunion. Dedicated to Southern Fire-Eaters
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Pages : 0
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Dance Around the Fire Eaters
Author: Jim Normington
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Languages : en
Pages : 30
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Pages : 30
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John Brown, Abolitionist
Author: David S. Reynolds
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307486664
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
An authoritative new examination of John Brown and his deep impact on American history.Bancroft Prize-winning cultural historian David S. Reynolds presents an informative and richly considered new exploration of the paradox of a man steeped in the Bible but more than willing to kill for his abolitionist cause. Reynolds locates Brown within the currents of nineteenth-century life and compares him to modern terrorists, civil-rights activists, and freedom fighters. Ultimately, he finds neither a wild-eyed fanatic nor a Christ-like martyr, but a passionate opponent of racism so dedicated to eradicating slavery that he realized only blood could scour it from the country he loved. By stiffening the backbone of Northerners and showing Southerners there were those who would fight for their cause, he hastened the coming of the Civil War. This is a vivid and startling story of a man and an age on the verge of calamity.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307486664
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
An authoritative new examination of John Brown and his deep impact on American history.Bancroft Prize-winning cultural historian David S. Reynolds presents an informative and richly considered new exploration of the paradox of a man steeped in the Bible but more than willing to kill for his abolitionist cause. Reynolds locates Brown within the currents of nineteenth-century life and compares him to modern terrorists, civil-rights activists, and freedom fighters. Ultimately, he finds neither a wild-eyed fanatic nor a Christ-like martyr, but a passionate opponent of racism so dedicated to eradicating slavery that he realized only blood could scour it from the country he loved. By stiffening the backbone of Northerners and showing Southerners there were those who would fight for their cause, he hastened the coming of the Civil War. This is a vivid and startling story of a man and an age on the verge of calamity.