The Republic in Print: Print Culture in the Age of U.S. Nation Building, 1770-1870

by Trish Loughran

Book Overview

"In the beginning, all the world was America."--John Locke

In the beginning, everything was America, but where did America begin? In many narratives of American nationalism (both popular and academic), the United States begins in print-with the production, dissemination, and consumption of major printed texts like Common Sense , the Declaration of Independence, newspaper debates over ratification, and the Constitution itself. In these...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231139098
• ISBN13: 9780231139090
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 568 Pages
• Weight: 1.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher