Print technology in Scotland and America, 1740-1800 /
McAuley, Louis Kirk,1970-author.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-315) and index.
Noise (and noise abatement) in Scotland and America -- To "bring forward a general scream" : George Whitefield, mob rules, and the noise of religious enthusiasm -- The "torrent's roar" : agricultural improvement, colonial administration, and the reorganization of noise in James Macpherson's The poems of Ossian -- Creating a "perfect union of opinion" : the polygraph, Thomas Jefferson, and the presidential election of 1800 -- "Periodical visitations" : crises of representation in Charles Brockden Brown's Arthur Mervyn.
Macpherson, James, 1736-1796
Brown, Charles Brockden, 1771-1810
English literature
Scottish literature
American literature
Politics and literature
Printing
Printing
Journalism
Journalism