Informed Power : : Communication in the Early American South /

Informed Power : : Communication in the Early American South / / 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 abou...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
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Dubcovsky, Alejandra,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2016]
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Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (304 p.) :; 11 halftones, 4 maps
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Table of Contents:
  • 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

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