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The Schoolteacher And The Secretary: The Newspapers And Community Of A Revolutionary French-American, 1754-1784, Katherine S. Madison Jan 2013

The Schoolteacher And The Secretary: The Newspapers And Community Of A Revolutionary French-American, 1754-1784, Katherine S. Madison

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No abstract provided.


"Down Where The South Begins": Virginia Radio And The Conversation Of Nationhood, Caroline Chandler Morris Jan 2005

"Down Where The South Begins": Virginia Radio And The Conversation Of Nationhood, Caroline Chandler Morris

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


(At)America.Jp: Identity, Nationalism, And Power On The Internet, 1969-2000, Gretchen Ferris Schoel Jan 2004

(At)America.Jp: Identity, Nationalism, And Power On The Internet, 1969-2000, Gretchen Ferris Schoel

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" america.jp" explores identity, nationalism, and power on the Internet between 1969 and 2000 through a cultural analysis of Internet code and the creative processes behind it. The dissertation opens with an examination of a real-time Internet Blues jam that linked Japanese and American musicians between Tokyo and Mississippi in 1999. The technological, cultural, and linguistic uncertainties that characterized the Internet jam, combined with the inventive reactions of the musicians who participated, help to introduce the fundamental conceptual question of the dissertation: is code a cultural product and if so can the Internet be considered a distinctly "American" technology?;A comparative …


A Publisher's Hand: Strategic Gambles And Cultural Leadership By Moses Dresser Phillips In Antebellum America, Marykate Mcmaster Jan 2001

A Publisher's Hand: Strategic Gambles And Cultural Leadership By Moses Dresser Phillips In Antebellum America, Marykate Mcmaster

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This study examines the life and business career of Moses Dresser Phillips (1813--1859), an important, but previously neglected, member of the Antebellum literary marketplace. If mentioned in discussions of Antebellum publishing at all, Moses Dresser Phillips is usually noted for choosing to create the Atlantic Monthly, one of his most distinguished achievements, or for deciding not to publish Uncle Tom's Cabin, one of his most costly errors. Although one of the most powerful figures in the literary marketplace, Phillips died in 1859 at age forty-six. Life dealt him a short tenure as a result of the stress caused by the …


"So That I Get Her Again": African American Slave Women Runaways In Selected Richmond, Virginia Newspapers, 1830-1860, And The Richmond, Virginia Police Guard Daybook, 1834-1843, Leni Ashmore Sorensen Jan 1996

"So That I Get Her Again": African American Slave Women Runaways In Selected Richmond, Virginia Newspapers, 1830-1860, And The Richmond, Virginia Police Guard Daybook, 1834-1843, Leni Ashmore Sorensen

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Agent Of Change Or Trusted Servant: The Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg Press, Susan Stromei Berg Jan 1993

Agent Of Change Or Trusted Servant: The Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg Press, Susan Stromei Berg

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No abstract provided.


Lights, Cameras, Quorum Call: A Legislative History Of Senate Television, Christopher John Maloney Jan 1990

Lights, Cameras, Quorum Call: A Legislative History Of Senate Television, Christopher John Maloney

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


A Social Historical Exploration Of The Popularity Of "The Rockford Files", Mary Frances Taormina Jan 1989

A Social Historical Exploration Of The Popularity Of "The Rockford Files", Mary Frances Taormina

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


The Suppressions Of The "Chicago Times" And The "New York World" And Their Constitutional Implications, Laurie Ann Johnson Jan 1985

The Suppressions Of The "Chicago Times" And The "New York World" And Their Constitutional Implications, Laurie Ann Johnson

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


"The Criterion" 1922-1939, Margaret Beckman Benton Jan 1981

"The Criterion" 1922-1939, Margaret Beckman Benton

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


The Richmond Newspaper Debate Over Know-Nothingism 1854-1855, John Daniel Schminky Jan 1979

The Richmond Newspaper Debate Over Know-Nothingism 1854-1855, John Daniel Schminky

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


"The New American" Magazine, Carol Lynn Toop Mccollough Jan 1973

"The New American" Magazine, Carol Lynn Toop Mccollough

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


The American Image Of Mussolini: Public Opinion And The Press In Italian-American Relations, 1922-1930, Laylon Wayne Jordan Jan 1967

The American Image Of Mussolini: Public Opinion And The Press In Italian-American Relations, 1922-1930, Laylon Wayne Jordan

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Rousing A Nation: The "Virginia Gazettes" And The Growing Crisis 1773-1774, Willard Chabot Frank Jan 1962

Rousing A Nation: The "Virginia Gazettes" And The Growing Crisis 1773-1774, Willard Chabot Frank

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.