Power and press freedom in Liberia, 1830-1970
Subtitle: the impact of globalization and civil society on media-government relations
By: Carl Patrick Burrowes.
Publisher: Africa World Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Trenton, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
Subjects: Press -- Liberia -- History -- 20th century; Press -- Liberia -- History -- 19th century; Government and the press -- Liberia -- History -- 20th century; Government and the press -- Liberia -- History -- 19th century; Freedom of the press -- Liberia -- History -- 20th century; Freedom of the press -- Liberia -- History -- 19th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Liberian society and the press; title: Theoretical framework; title: Liberia in 1843; title: A press to herald a nation or illuminate all Africa?; title: Institutional context of the press; title: Denominational affiliation and politics; title: Government-church controversies; title: The press : raising national consciousness; title: Race, republicanism and freedom of expression; title: Geographic limits of society; title: Churches, government, and the press; title: Electoral politics; title: Electoral politics and journalism; title: The 1871 coup d'etat; title: Competing ideas of status; title: Johnson's attempted synthesis; title: Political emergence of women; title: Church affiliations and political alliances; title: Fall of the King administration; title: Journalism during the Barclay years; title: Electoral politics; title: Barclay uses the sedition law; title: Tubman further restricts rights; title: Institutional and cultural changes; title: Journalism in the Tubman years; title: Restrictions on the press; title: The Independent, the Listener and the 1955 elections; title: Themes and legacy of the period; title: Press freedom and stability; title: Press freedom and modernization; title: Press freedom and power relations; title: Core values and restrictions; title: Policy and research implications.