Robert Harley and the Press Propaganda and Public Opinion in the Age of Swift and Defoe

Klappentext In 1695! with the expiry of the licensing act! state censorship of the press ceased. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. 1689-1708: 1. The propaganda of court and country; 2. The paper war of 1701; 3 Harley and Defoe; 4. The Memorial of the Church of England (1705): a case study; Part II. 1708-1714: 5. The tort' resurrection, 1708-1710; 6. Swift, Defoe, and the peace campaign; 7. The stamp act of 1712; 8. The organisation of propaganda, 1710-1714.

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• Authors: J. A. Downie
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 28.08.2008
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries
• EAN: 9780521070744
• ISBN: 978-0-521-07074-4
• Pages: 248
• Subjects: European History, c 1800 to c 1900, c 1500 onwards to present day, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, C 1700 To C 1800