The Conservative Press in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century America
Subtitle: (Historical Guides to the World's Periodicals and Newspapers)
Contributors: Ronald Lora (Editor); William Henry Longton (Editor)
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: August 30, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780313310430
Subjects: American history: c 1500 to c 1800; American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Conservatism & right-of-centre democratic ideologies; Media Studies; Press & journalism; Conservatism; Periodicals; Language Arts & Disciplines; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; Business/Economics; USA; Journalism; United States - 19th Century; History / United States / 19th Century; History & Theory - General; 18th century; 19th century; American periodicals; Conservatism in the press; History; United States
First sentence: Political factions in the new nation tended to form along lines defined in Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton's reports of 1790, which, once implemented, had the effect of locating great power in the federal government largely at the expense of the states.