The Origins of a Free Press in Pre-Revolutionary Virginia : Creating a Culture of Political Dissent
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| Title: | The Origins of a Free Press in Pre-Revolutionary Virginia : Creating a Culture of Political Dissent |
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| Description: | This interdisciplinary study examines the origins of the freedom of the press in Colonial Virginia tracing the development of print culture. It demonstrates how changes in the dominant medium of communication were an important enabler of the cultural development that allowed for the growth of political dissent. Virginia's traditional culture of deference was gradually replaced by a “culture of dissidence” and from that emerged the first constitutional right for press freedom in the Virginia Declaration of Rights. |
| Authors: | Mellen, Roger P. |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Freedom of the press--Virginia--History--18th century, Press--Virginia--History--18th century, Printing--Political aspects--Virginia--History--18th century |
| Categories: | LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | This interdisciplinary study examines the origins of the freedom of the press in Colonial Virginia tracing the development of print culture. It demonstrates how changes in the dominant medium of communication were an important enabler of the cultural development that allowed for the growth of political dissent. Virginia's traditional culture of deference was gradually replaced by a “culture of dissidence” and from that emerged the first constitutional right for press freedom in the Virginia Declaration of Rights. |
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| ISBN: | 9780773438774 9780773411128 |
