Imprinting Britain : newspapers, sociability, and the shaping of British North America

Imprinting Britain : newspapers, sociability, and the shaping of British North America

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2015.

xxii, 263 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

071.1 E12 2015

(OCoLC)895338417

Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-258) and index.
Contents: Introduction : The English-language press and the formation of a colonial print community in British North America -- pt. 1. Print as sociability -- Driving the stage coach : the printers of Halifax and Quebec City -- "Send me a ton of newspapers" : readers and reading habits of the colonial print community -- "Directing public taste" : British tradition, social control, and the newspaper -- Enlightened print : popular science and useful knowledge in the service of the public -- pt. 2. Print and sociability -- Making private public : print and the promotion of associative life -- With the "approbation of a numerous and respectable audience" : newspapers and the public acceptance of theatre -- The coffeehouse elite : print and the fashioning of "genteel" British tradition -- Conclusion : The colonial print community's imprint on British North America.
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