Misinformation Nation : Foreign News and the Politics of Truth in Revolutionary America.
Taylor, Jordan E.
Misinformation Nation : Foreign News and the Politics of Truth in Revolutionary America. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (329 pages)
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. "any thing but the age of Reason" -- 1 Foreign Advices and False Friends: The Mediation Revolution in British America -- 2 Taxation with Misrepresentation: Fears of Deception in the Anglo-American Imperial Crisis -- 3 The Lying Gazettes: News from London in Revolutionary Politics -- 4 An Ocean of News: Independence, War, and Atlantic Information Exchange -- 5 The Genius of Information: Scripting an Age of Revolutions -- 6 The American Constellation: Dreams of a Continental Revolution -- 7 Bentalou's Wager: The French Revolution and the Birth of American Partisanship -- 8 Unmaking the Revolutionary Caribbean: Race, Commerce, and Communication in the Early Republic -- 9 The Fruits of Revolution: False News and the Eclipse of the Federalists -- Epilogue. Tanguy's Faithful Mirror -- Appendix. A Note on Data Sources -- Notes -- Index.
In addition to making a striking and original argument about the founding of the United States, Misinformation Nation will be a valuable prehistory to our current political moment.
9781421444505
American newspapers-History-18th century.
Disinformation-America-History-18th century.
Foreign news-America-History-18th century.
Press and politics-America-History-18th century.
America-History-To 1810.
America-Press coverage-Europe.
Electronic books.
PN4840 .T395 2022
070.44932
Misinformation Nation : Foreign News and the Politics of Truth in Revolutionary America. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (329 pages)
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. "any thing but the age of Reason" -- 1 Foreign Advices and False Friends: The Mediation Revolution in British America -- 2 Taxation with Misrepresentation: Fears of Deception in the Anglo-American Imperial Crisis -- 3 The Lying Gazettes: News from London in Revolutionary Politics -- 4 An Ocean of News: Independence, War, and Atlantic Information Exchange -- 5 The Genius of Information: Scripting an Age of Revolutions -- 6 The American Constellation: Dreams of a Continental Revolution -- 7 Bentalou's Wager: The French Revolution and the Birth of American Partisanship -- 8 Unmaking the Revolutionary Caribbean: Race, Commerce, and Communication in the Early Republic -- 9 The Fruits of Revolution: False News and the Eclipse of the Federalists -- Epilogue. Tanguy's Faithful Mirror -- Appendix. A Note on Data Sources -- Notes -- Index.
In addition to making a striking and original argument about the founding of the United States, Misinformation Nation will be a valuable prehistory to our current political moment.
9781421444505
American newspapers-History-18th century.
Disinformation-America-History-18th century.
Foreign news-America-History-18th century.
Press and politics-America-History-18th century.
America-History-To 1810.
America-Press coverage-Europe.
Electronic books.
PN4840 .T395 2022
070.44932