Fanatics and fire-eaters : newspapers and the coming of the Civil War /
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Urbana :
University of Illinois Press
2003.
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| Series: | History of communication.
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/j.ctt1xcp4z |
Table of 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.