The Diary and Letters of His Excellency Thomas Hutchinson
Author: Hutchinson Thomas Hutchinson
Publisher: Applewood Books
Published: 2010-03
Total Pages: 614
ISBN-13: 142902299X
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Author: Hutchinson Thomas Hutchinson
Publisher: Applewood Books
Published: 2010-03
Total Pages: 614
ISBN-13: 142902299X
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Published: 1884
Total Pages: 628
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Published: 1884
Total Pages: 628
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Published: 1884
Total Pages: 616
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Samuel Curwen
Publisher: Applewood Books
Published: 2009-03
Total Pages: 594
ISBN-13: 1429017295
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJgm. AGED 57. JOURNAL AND LETTERS OF THE LATE SAMUEL CURWEN, JUDGE OF ADMIRALTY, ETC., - - P1tEFAC.E. THE original manuscripts from which the body of the following xvork has been compiled, were sent in detached parts by the re- spected writer to his niec
Author: Samuel Curwen
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Published: 1842
Total Pages: 604
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Published: 1842
Total Pages: 604
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Published: 1883
Total Pages: 656
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Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Published: 2024-05-26
Total Pages: 594
ISBN-13: 338513238X
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Author: Jordan E. Taylor
Publisher: JHU Press
Published: 2022-10-11
Total Pages: 286
ISBN-13: 142144450X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFundamentally reshapes our understanding of the causes of the American Revolution and the pivotal role foreign news and misinformation played in driving colonists to revolt. Runner-up of the Journal of The American Revolution Book of the Year Award by the Journal of The American Revolution "Fake news" is not new. Just like millions of Americans today, the revolutionaries of the eighteenth century worried that they were entering a "post-truth" era. Their fears, however, were not fixated on social media or clickbait, but rather on peoples' increasing reliance on reading news gathered from foreign newspapers. In Misinformation Nation, Jordan E. Taylor reveals how foreign news defined the boundaries of American politics and ultimately drove colonists to revolt against Britain and create a new nation. News was the lifeblood of early American politics, but newspaper printers had few reliable sources to report on events from abroad. Accounts of battles and beheadings, as well as declarations and constitutions, often arrived alongside contradictory intelligence. Though frequently false, the information that Americans encountered in newspapers, letters, and conversations framed their sense of reality, leading them to respond with protests, boycotts, violence, and the creation of new political institutions. Fearing that their enemies were spreading fake news, American colonists fought for control of the news media. As their basic perceptions of reality diverged, Loyalists separated from Patriots and, in the new nation created by the revolution, Republicans inhabited a political reality quite distinct from that of their Federalist rivals. The American Revolution was not only a political contest for liberty, equality, and independence (for white men, at least); it was also a contest to define certain accounts of reality to be truthful while defining others as false and dangerous. Misinformation Nation argues that we must also conceive of the American Revolution as a series of misperceptions, misunderstandings, and uninformed overreactions. 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.