J. A. Downie

Robert Harley and the Press

Propaganda and Public Opinion in the Age of Swift and Defoe

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In 1695, with the expiry of the licensing act, state censorship of the press ceased.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9780521070744
• ISBN-10: 0521070740
• Artikelnr.: 24723919

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. 1689-1708: 1. The propaganda of court and country
2. The paper war of 1701
3 Harley and Defoe
4. The Memorial of the Church of England (1705): a case study
Part II. 1708-1714: 5. The tort' resurrection, 1708-1710
6. Swift, Defoe, and the peace campaign
7. The stamp act of 1712
8. The organisation of propaganda, 1710-1714.