Words at War

Words at War
Author :
Publisher : Purdue University Press
Total Pages : 412
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781557534903
ISBN-13 : 155753490X
Rating : 4/5 (03 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Words at War by : David B. Sachsman

Download or read book Words at War written by David B. Sachsman and published by Purdue University Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Words at War: The Civil War and American Journalism analyzes the various ways in which the nation's newspaper editors, reporters, and war correspondents covered the biggest story of their lives during the Civil War, and in doing so, they reflected and shaped the responses of their readers. The four sections of the book, "Fighting Words," "Confederates and Copperheads," "The Union Forever," and "Continuing Conflict" trace the evolving role of the press in the antebellum, wartime, and postwar periods.


Words at War Related Books

Words at War
Language: en
Pages: 412
Authors: David B. Sachsman
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008 - Publisher: Purdue University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Words at War: The Civil War and American Journalism analyzes the various ways in which the nation's newspaper editors, reporters, and war correspondents covered
Journalism in the Civil War Era
Language: en
Pages: 288
Authors: David W. Bulla
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010 - Publisher: Peter Lang

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

"Bulla and Borchard have significantly expanded our understanding of the press, its impact, and its many roles during the Civil War. They shed light on politics
A Bohemian Brigade
Language: en
Pages: 328
Authors: James M. Perry
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000-03-27 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Focusing on a self-proclaimed "bohemian brigade" of Civil War journalists, this volume considers the nature of combat correspondence. Perry describes how compet
Hell Before Breakfast
Language: en
Pages: 370
Authors: Robert H. Patton
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-06-09 - Publisher: Vintage

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

From acclaimed historian Robert H. Patton, author of The Pattons and Patriot Pirates, a rediscovery and celebration of America’s first chroniclers of foreign
Journalism and Jim Crow
Language: en
Pages: 534
Authors: Kathy Roberts Forde
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-12-14 - Publisher: University of Illinois Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Winner of the American Historical Association’s 2022 Eugenia M. Palmegiano Prize. White publishers and editors used their newspapers to build, nurture, and pr