The Tyranny of Printers": Newspaper Politics in the Early American Republic
The Tyranny of Printersis...an essential journey for those who care about the history of our nation's early years, and the emergence of ordinary artisans as extraordinary leaders, sounding and heeding the call to freedom.(Washington Post Book World)This liberal critique should be read by many of the great number who are now exposed to the conservative biography of Adams by David McCullough....[The Tyranny of Printers]is a sprightly and provocative history, written with far more flair than the usual scholarly treatise.(St. Louis Post-Dispatch)Pasley's book is the best ever written about journalism in the early republic and one of the best about the broader political culture of that era.... For the first time, we can see, brightly and clearly, the vital importance of that era in the history of journalism.(American Historical Review)The most comprehensive and important work on the partisan printer-editors of the early republic.... [I]t is the first work students and general readers should consult on the subject.(Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography)This is a tremendously valuable work.... Anyone interested in journalism, the rise of political parties, or early America should readThe Tyranny of Printersat least twice.(Southern Historian)This is an important book not just for historians of the press, but for students of the early republic generally. Highly recommended.(CHOICE)