Scandal and Civility: Journalism and the Birth of American Democracy

By Marcus Daniel

A new breed of journalists came to the fore in post-revolutionary America--fiercely partisan, highly ideological, and possessed of a bold sense of vocation and purpose as they entered the fray of political debate. Often condemned by latter-day historians and widely seen in their own time as a threat to public and personal civility, these colorful figures emerge in this provocative new book as the era's most important agents of political democracy.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199764816
• ISBN13: 9780199764815
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"