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Author Nerone, John C.

Title Violence against the press : policing the public sphere in U.S. history / John Nerone
Published New York : Oxford University Press, 1994

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Description 306 pages ; 25 cm
Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. The Press and the American Revolution -- 3. Antipress Violence and Politics in the Early Republic -- 4. The Crusade Against Abolitionism -- 5. The Civil War and Civil Liberties -- 6. Violence and Minority Media -- 7. Labor-Related Violence -- 8. Recent Violence Against the Mainstream Press -- 9. Conclusion -- Appendix A: Survey Questionnaire -- Appendix B: The Flow of Antiabolitionist Violence -- Appendix C: Civil War Newspaper Mobbings
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-292) and index
Subject Freedom of the press -- United States.
Journalism -- Social aspects -- United States.
Political violence -- United States.
Press and politics -- United States.
Public opinion -- United States.
Violence -- United States.
SUBJECT United States -- Historiography. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140129
LC no. 93022639
ISBN 0195071662 (cloth : acid-free paper)
0195086988 (paperback: acid-free paper)