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Fanatics and Fire-eaters: Newspapers and the Coming of the Civil War (The History of Media and Communication) Paperback – June 28, 2004

by Lorman A. Ratner (Author), Dwight L. Teeter Jr. (Author)
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In the troubled years leading up to the Civil War, newspapers in the North and South presented the arguments for and against slavery, debated the right to secede, and in general denounced opposing viewpoints with imagination and vigor. At the same time, new technologies like railroads and the telegraph lent the debates an immediacy that both enflamed emotions and brought the slavery issue into every home. 

Lorman A. Ratner and Dwight L. Teeter Jr. look at the power of America's fast-growing media to influence perception and the course of events prior to the Civil War. Drawing on newspaper accounts from across the United States, the authors look at how the media covered—and the public reacted to—major events like the Dred Scott decision, John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry, and the election of 1860. They find not only North-South disputes about the institution of slavery but differing visions of the republic itself—and which region was the true heir to the legacy of the American Revolution.

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    The History of Media and Communication
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  3. Language
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  4. Publisher
    University of Illinois Press
  5. Publication date
    June 28, 2004
  6. Dimensions
    9 x 6.02 x 0.49 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    0252072219
  8. ISBN-13
    978-0252072215
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"A fascinating and well-written account of the role newspapers played in the years leading up to the Civil War." --North Carolina Historical Review

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Lorman A. Ratner was a professor of history, dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, and director of the Center of Multicultural Studies at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Dwight L. Teeter Jr. was a professor of journalism and electronic media and former dean of the College of Communications at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ University of Illinois Press; Reprint edition (June 28, 2004)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 160 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0252072219
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0252072215
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8.8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9 x 6.02 x 0.49 inches
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4.0 out of 5 stars The press leading up to the Civil War
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This book, part of the "History of Communication" series by the University of Illinois Press, looks at 6 issues/incidents leading up to the Civil War (the caning of Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner by Rep. Preston Brooks of South Carolina on the floor of the Senate, the "Dred-Scott" Decision, the Lecompton Constitution in Kansas, John Brown's Harpers Ferry raid, Lincoln's election, and the firing on Ft. Sumter) and examines them from the perspective of the way they were presented and commented on in the press, both North and South. It's no surprise that the newspapers from either side of the Mason-Dixon Line reported events differently; basically the South felt it was protecting its way of life and institutions (slavery) from the destructive meddling of northerners, while the North believed that the South's emphasis on honor and liberty was a hypocrisy and that her "all or nothing at all" (slavery or disunion) attitude was dangerous and vindictive. No matter what the issue, newspapers attacked and defended along the same predictable lines, with rare exceptions, and those never in the South. By the time Lincoln was elected, both sides saw the other as the worst enemy of the Republic. Without going far beneath the surface and in blah academic style, the authors present each issue and resulting sectional response. The longest chapter in the book, and the least interesting, is the opening one about the press in general during the first half of the 19th century. Throughout the book, however, one occasionally comes across an especially provocative sentence such as this: "Belief that a republican form of government could work rested on the character of the people of that republic." An interesting idea, for pre-Civil War America as well as today.
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