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Author Ratner, Lorman.

Title Fanatics and fire-eaters : newspapers and the coming of the Civil War / Lorman A. Ratner and Dwight L. Teeter, Jr.

Imprint Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2003.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  973.711 R189f 2003    ---  DUE 05-10-24
Description xiii, 138 p. ; 24 cm.
Series History of communication
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Subject United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Causes.
Journalism -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Press and politics -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
American newspapers -- History -- 19th century.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1849-1861.
United States -- Social conditions -- To 1865.
Added Author Teeter, Dwight L.
ISBN 0252027876 (acid-free paper)

 
    
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