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- catalog abstract ""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 was used and how it exacerbated festering regional issues - preeminently the issue of slavery - as newspapers described and characterized some of the key events preceding the outbreak of the Civil War." "Using a finely honed analysis of specific events, from the Brooks-Sumner incident to the attack on Fort Sumter, the book provides a thorough and colorful background of the descent into war. Tracing political accounts and diatribes published in northern and southern newspapers from 1856 to the shelling of Fort Sumter in 1861, Ratner and Teeter assert that newspapers, in their desire to be profitable and promote specific agendas, stoked the fires that heated tensions between North and South."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Project Muse UPCC books net".
- catalog contributor b12766749.
- catalog contributor b12766750.
- catalog coverage "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Causes.".
- catalog coverage "United States Politics and government 1849-1861.".
- catalog coverage "United States Social conditions To 1865.".
- catalog created "2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
- catalog description ""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 was used and how it exacerbated festering regional issues - preeminently the issue of slavery - as newspapers described and characterized some of the key events preceding the outbreak of the Civil War."".
- catalog description ""Using a finely honed analysis of specific events, from the Brooks-Sumner incident to the attack on Fort Sumter, the book provides a thorough and colorful background of the descent into war. Tracing political accounts and diatribes published in northern and southern newspapers from 1856 to the shelling of Fort Sumter in 1861, Ratner and Teeter assert that newspapers, in their desire to be profitable and promote specific agendas, stoked the fires that heated tensions between North and South."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 138 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0252027876 (acid-free paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "History of communication.".
- catalog isPartOf "The history of communication".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Urbana : University of Illinois Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Causes.".
- catalog spatial "United States Politics and government 1849-1861.".
- catalog spatial "United States Social conditions To 1865.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "973.7/11 21".
- catalog subject "American newspapers History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "E459 .R3125 2003".
- catalog subject "Journalism Political aspects United States History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Press and politics United States History 19th century.".
- catalog tableOfContents "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.".
- catalog title "Fanatics and fire-eaters : newspapers and the coming of the Civil War / Lorman A. Ratner and Dwight L. Teeter, Jr.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".