Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Quist, John W., 1960-

Description

1. x, 266 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

1. "For Free Press and Equal Rights is an exhaustive study of the newspapers published in the Reconstruction South that had ties to the pro-Union, northern-based Republican party. Richard H. Abbott's research draws on his readings from some 430 southern Republican papers. This figure accounts for literally hundreds more papers than are cited in the handful of previously published related studies - none of which makes more than passing reference to any of the topics that Abbott covers in detail." "For Free Press and Equal Rights reveals a wealth of information about papers ranging from the Visitor of Hot Springs, Arkansas, which lasted less than a year, to the Union Flag of Jonesborough, Tennessee, which ran from 1865 to 1873. It makes a number of new and important points about political patronage and the publishing process, race and print culture, Republican ideology and rhetoric, and our First Amendment rights."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

1. Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
2. American newspapers > Southern States > History > 19th century
3. Journalism > Southern States > History > 19th century

Contents

1. 1. Origins of the Southern Republican Press -- 2. Limited Expansion -- 3. The White South Confronts the Republican Press -- 4. Patronage Saves the Republican Press -- 5. The Geographic Breadth of the Southern Republican Press -- 6. The Ideology of the Republican Press -- 7. Differences in Approach -- 8. Continuing Factionalism -- 9. The Two-Edged Sword of Patronage -- App. Republican Newspapers by State, 1865-1877.

Owning institution

1. Columbia University Libraries

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-254) and index.