Fanatics and Fire-eaters
Subtitle: Newspapers and the Coming of the Civil War (History of Communication)
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: June 28, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9780252072215
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; History; History - U.S.; History: American; USA; Media Studies - Print Media; United States - Antebellum Era; United States - Civil War; History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877); Journalism; Media Studies
First sentence: The years from the election of Andrew Jackson in 1828 to the start of the American Civil War in 1861 saw extraordinary changes in all aspects of American life.