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Author Craig, Berry, author.

Title Kentucky's rebel press : pro-Confederate media and the secession crisis / Berry Craig
Published Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, [2018]
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Contents Front cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 The Rebel Press, and Some Yankee Papers, Too -- 2 The Press and the Presidential Election of 1860 -- 3 South Carolina, Secession, and Lincolnâ#x80;#x99;s Inauguration -- 4 Fort Sumter to Neutrality -- PHOTOGRAPHS -- 5 Neutrality Summer -- 6 The Twilight of the Rebel Press -- 7 The Death of the Rebel Press -- 8 The Rebirth of the Old Rebel Press and the Thorny Issue of Censorship in Wartime -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography
Summary Throughout the Civil War, the influence of the popular press and its skilful use of propaganda was extremely significant in Kentucky. In this compelling and timely study, Berry Craig analyses the media's role in both reflecting and shaping public opinion during a critical time in US history
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed November 6, 2017)
Subject American newspapers -- Kentucky -- History -- 19th century
Press -- Kentucky -- History -- 19th century
Secession -- Kentucky
Press and politics -- Kentucky -- History -- 19th century
Presidents -- Election -- 1860 -- Press coverage -- Kentucky
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Journalism.
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
American newspapers
Press
Press and politics
Press coverage
Secession
SUBJECT United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Press coverage -- Kentucky
Subject Kentucky
United States
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780813174600
0813174600
9780813174617
0813174619