Giving meanings to the world the first U.S. foreign correspondents, 1838-1859
This volume addresses the question of how the first United States foreign correspondents came to shape an American common sense about the rest of the world. The book also establishes the early history of the content of foreign news and editorials in American newspapers.
Biographies
x, 149 p.
9780313322907, 0313322902
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Preface Expanding Meanings of the World Early American Journalism and News from Abroad The Shaping of Foreign News: Improving on the Single Electrician at a Seaport Town Images of the "World" in Mid-Nineteenth Century U.S. Culture Constructions of the "World" in the Mainstream Press Alternative Constructions of the "World" The Earliest American Foreign Correspondence: Giving Meanings to the "World" Bibliography Index
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