Henry Watterson and the New South [electronic resource] : The Politics of Empire, Free Trade, and Globalization /
Margolies, Daniel S.,1969-
Louisville : University Press of Kentucky,
2006.
Henry Watterson (1840--1921), editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal from the 1860s through WWI, was one of the most important and widely read newspaper editors in American history. An influential New South supporter of sectional reconciliation and economic development, Watterson was also the nation's premier advocate of free trade and globalization. Watterson's vision of a prosperous and independent South within an expanding American empire was unique among prominent Southerners and Democrats. He helped articulate the bipartisan embrace of globalization that accompanied America's rise to
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Henry Watterson (1840--1921), editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal from the 1860s through WWI, was one of the most important and widely read newspaper editors in American history. An influential New South supporter of sectional reconciliation and economic development, Watterson was also the nation's premier advocate of free trade and globalization. Watterson's vision of a prosperous and independent South within an expanding American empire was unique among prominent Southerners and Democrats. He helped articulate the bipartisan embrace of globalization that accompanied America's rise to
Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-328) and index.
Introducation: a new empire for the new South -- Toward the star-eyed goddess -- Sound money, home rule, and free trade -- Democracy unterrified and undefiled -- The idiosyncrasy of the market -- The new new departure -- War has its compensations -- We done expanded -- Conclusion: the compromises of empire.
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Watterson, Henry, 1840-1921.
Journalists
Newspaper editors