The American Revolution and the Press: The Promise of Independence

by Carol Sue Humphrey

Finalist, 2014 AEJMC Tankard Book Award

Carol Sue Humphrey's The American Revolution and the Pressargues that newspapers played an important role during America's struggle for independence by keeping Americans engaged in the war even when the fighting occurred in distant locales. From the moment that the colonials received word of Britain's new taxes in 1764 until reports of the peace treaty arrived in 1783, the press constituted the major...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810126508
• ISBN13: 9780810126503
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.2" x 7.9"