Imprinting Britain: Newspapers, Sociability, and the Shaping of British North America 9780773583023

An in-depth look at how colonists created a vibrant print culture that shaped the foundations of modern Canada.

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Imprinting Britain: Newspapers, Sociability, and the Shaping of British North America
9780773583023

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Michael Eamon

Table of contents :
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McGill-Queen’s Studies in the History of Ideas Series Editor: Philip J. Cercone
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Preface
Introduction: The English-Language Press and the Formation of a Colonial Print Communityin British North America
PART ONE: Print as Sociability
1 Driving the Stage Coach: The Printers of Halifax and Quebec City
2 “Send me a Ton of Newspapers”: Readers and Reading Habits of the Colonial Print Community
3 “Directing Public Taste”: British Tradition, Social Control, and the Newspaper
4 Enlightened Print: Popular Science and Useful Knowledge in the Service of the Public
PART TWO: Print and Sociability
5 Making Private Public: Print and the Promotion of Associative Life
6 With the “approbation of a numerous and respectable audience”: Newspapers and the Public Acceptance of Theatre
7 The Coffeehouse Elite: Print and the Fashioning of “Genteel” British Tradition
Conclusion The Colonial Print Community’s Imprinton British North America
Appendices
Appendix I A Selection of Societies and Clubs in Halifax and Quebec City, 1760–1800
Appendix II A Selection of Plays Performed at Halifax and Quebec City as Recorded in Newspapers and in Printers’ Records
Appendix III A Selection of Public Houses Identified as Coffeehouses in the Newspapers of Quebec City and Halifax 1764–1800
Bibliography
Index

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