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Protocols of liberty : communication innovation and the American Revolution

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

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Description
x, 303 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
"The fledgling United States fought a war to achieve independence from Britain, but as John Adams said, the real revolution occurred "in the minds and hearts of the people" before the armed conflict ever began. Putting the practices of communication at the center of this intellectual revolution, Protocols of Liberty shows how American patriots--the Whigs--used new forms of communication to challenge British authority before any shots were fired at Lexington and Concord." -- Publisher website.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-283) and index.
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.
Call Number
IGA 13-6770
ISBN
  • 9780226061375 (cloth : alkaline paper)
  • 022606137X (cloth : alkaline paper)
  • 9780226061405 (e-book) (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2013011347
OCLC
833630913
Author
Warner, William Beatty.
Title
Protocols of liberty : communication innovation and the American Revolution / William B. Warner.
Publisher
Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2013.
Copyright Date
©2013
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-283) and index.
Research Call Number
IGA 13-6770
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