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The Significance of the Printed Word in Early America: Colonists' Thoughts on the Role of the Press (Contributions to the Study of Mass Media and Communications)
The Significance of the Printed Word in Early America Colonists' Thoughts on the Role of the Press - Contributions to the Study of Mass Media and Communications
Author: Julie Hedgepeth Williams
The American press played a significant role in the transference of European civilization to America and in the shaping of American society. Settlement entrepreneurs used the press to persuade Europeans to come to America. Immigrants brought religious tracts with them to spread Puritanism and other doctrines to Native Americans and the white pop...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780313309236
ISBN-10: 031330923X
Publication Date: 4/30/1999
Pages: 320
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Publisher: Greenwood Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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