Propaganda 1776 : secrets, leaks, and revolutionary communications in early America /

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 democr...

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Main Author: Castronovo, Russ, 1965-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2014]
Series:Oxford studies in American literary history.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199354931
0199354936
9780199354917
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