Walt Brown

John Adams and the American Press

Politics and Journalism at the Birth of the Republic

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This interesting study of the early American press and President John Adams first discusses the fourth estate's treatment of President George Washington. The newspapers of the day, alien in both form and content to today's publications, are also covered. The confrontational relationship between Adams and editors is examined, focusing on the President's personality, the "honeymoon" at the beginning of his administration, the increasing politicization of editorial scrutiny, and the role of the press in Adams' close electoral defeat by Thomas Jefferson. Using Adams' voluminous correspondence, an analysis of his own views of press coverage concludes the work.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 371g
• ISBN-13: 9780786493531
• ISBN-10: 0786493534
• Artikelnr.: 39560911

Autorenporträt

Writer and lecturer Walt Brown lives in Hillsdale, New Jersey. He has also written detective novels, a series of ebooks on John F. Kennedy and appears regularly as a political commentator.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
1. The Federal Era I: Passion and Invective, 1789-1797
2. The Federal Era II: Passion and Invective, 1797-1801
3. The Federal Era III: Scissors, Paste, and Ink
4. George Washington and the American Press
5. John Adams: Character and Public Career
6. Adams and the American Press I: Honeymoon
7. Adams and the American Press II: Crisis
8. Adams and the American Press III: Realignment
9. Adams and the American Press IV: Denouement
10. John Adams: Afterthoughts on the Press
Abbreviations List
References
Bibliography
Index