Informed Power : : Communication in the Early American South / / Alejandra Dubcovsky.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
• VerfasserIn: Dubcovsky, Alejandra,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (304 p.) :; 11 halftones, 4 maps
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of Illustrations --; Map: The early South --; Introduction --; Part I: What. Making Sense of La Florida, 1560s–1670s --; 1. Paths and Power --; 2. Information Contests --; 3. Rebellious News --; Part II: Who. The Many Faces of Information, 1660s–1710s --; 4. Informers and Slaves --; 5. The Information Race --; Part III. How. New Ways of Articulating Power, 1710–1740 --; 6. Networks in Wartime --; 7. Dissonant Connections --; Conclusion --; Notes --; Acknowledgments --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674968783; 9783110638585
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674968783
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Alejandra Dubcovsky.

Alejandra Dubcovsky maps channels of information exchange in the American South, exploring how colonists came into possession of knowledge in a region that lacked a regular mail system or a printing press until the 1730s. She describes ingenious oral networks, and she uncovers important lessons about the nexus of information and power.