Print and Public Politics in the English Revolution

This book assesses how print culture transformed the political nation, at the level of everyday political practices, habits and thought.

List of contents

Introduction; Part I. Consuming Print: Introduction; 1. The ownership of cheap print; 2. The accessibility of print; 3. Readers, reception and the authority of print; Part II. Following Parliament: Introduction; 4. Analysing parliament and its problems; 5. Access to parliament; 6. Monitoring personalities and performance; Part III. Taking Part: Introduction; 7. Authors, printing and participation; 8. Print and petitioning; 9. Print and lobbying; 10. Printing, mass mobilisation and protesting; 11. Holding representatives to account; Conclusion.

About the author

Jason Peacey is Senior Lecturer in British History at University College London, and is also a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. His previous monograph, Politicians and Pamphleteers: Propaganda During the English Civil Wars and Interregnum (2004), was proxime accesit for the Royal Historical Society Whitfield Prize.

Summary

Jason Peacey's study reassesses the communications revolution of the seventeenth century, demonstrating how new media - from ballads to pamphlets and newspapers - transformed the public's ability to understand and take part in national political life. This ultimately involved experience-led attempts to rethink the nature of representation and accountability.

Product details

• Authors: Jason Peacey, Jason (University College London) Peacey, Peacey Jason
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.03.2016
• EAN: 9781107622494
• ISBN: 978-1-107-62249-4
• No. of pages: 472
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History; Cambridge Studies in Early Mod; Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science; England, European History, Politics & government, c 1500 onwards to present day, British & Irish history, Communication Studies, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, C 1600 To C 1700