Propaganda 1776 : secrets, leaks, and revolutionary communications in early America
Castronovo, RussAuthor
Russ Castronovo looks at famous patriots like George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Paine; the playwright Mary Otis Warren; and the poet Philip Freneau; providing various anecdotes that demonstrate the ways propaganda was - contrary to our instinctual understanding - fundamental to democracy rather than antithetical to it.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Russ Castronovo looks at famous patriots like George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Paine; the playwright Mary Otis Warren; and the poet Philip Freneau; providing various anecdotes that demonstrate the ways propaganda was - contrary to our instinctual understanding - fundamental to democracy rather than antithetical to it.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on July 22, 2014).
Introduction: printscapes and propaganda -- State secrets: Ben Franklin and Wikileaks -- Memes, plagiarism, and revolutionary drama -- From East India to the Boston Tea Party: propaganda at the extremes -- Epistolary propaganda: counterfeits, stolen letters, and transatlantic revolutions -- Aftermath: the poetry of the post-revolution.
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
Propaganda
War and literature
Regions & Countries - Americas
History & Archaeology
United States - General