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Protocols of liberty communication innovation and the American Revolution

Title
Protocols of liberty [electronic resource] : communication innovation and the American Revolution / William B. Warner.
Author
Warner, William Beatty.
Publication
Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, [2013]

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Description
1 online resource (x, 303 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Uniform Title
Protocols of liberty (Online)
Alternative Title
Protocols of liberty (Online)
Subject
  • Communication in politics > United States > History > 18th century
  • United States > History > Committees of correspondence. > Revolution, 1775-1783
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-283) and index.
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Contents
Introduction: communication and the American crisis -- The invention of the Boston Committee of Correspondence and the popular declaration -- The protocols of the declarations and the eclipse of royal power in Massachusetts in 1773 -- The post and newspaper in British America: a communication system in crisis -- The Whig network scales up: inflecting the crisis from Williamsburg -- "A chain of freedom has been formed": the First Continental Congress develops into the hub of an intercolonial network -- The panorama of the Declaration -- Conclusion: the American Revolution as a gift.
LCCN
2013011347
OCLC
ssj0000954814
Author
Warner, William Beatty.
Title
Protocols of liberty [electronic resource] : communication innovation and the American Revolution / William B. Warner.
Imprint
Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, [2013]
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-283) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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