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Politicians and Pamphleteers : Propaganda During the English Civil Wars and Interregnum.

Peacey, Jason.

Politicians and Pamphleteers : Propaganda During the English Civil Wars and Interregnum. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (430 pages)

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part One: The Motor of Propaganda -- 1 Politicians and the Propaganda Impulse -- 2 Authors and the Propaganda Impulse -- Part Two: The Mechanics of Propaganda -- 3 Decoding Pamphlets -- 4 Licensing and Propaganda -- 5 Politicians and the Press -- 6 Politicians and the Writing Process -- Part Three: The Dynamics of Propaganda -- 7 The Limits of Propaganda -- 8 The Propagandist and the Politician -- Epilogue: Propaganda, the State, and the Public Sphere -- Bibliography -- Index.

Politicians and Pamphleteers reveals the importance of print to the English political world of the Civil Wars and Interregnum period. It explores how print propaganda came to the fore during these years as public opinion became a factor of dramatically enhanced importance, fundamentally altering the nature of the political society during the mid seventeenth century.

9781351910309


Politics and literature - Great Britain - History - 17th century.


Electronic books.

2003045335

942.06/28

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