Computers and Politics: High Technology in American Local Governments - Couverture souple

Danziger, James N.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0231048890 ISBN 13 : 9780231048897

Editeur : Columbia University Press, 1983

Synopsis

Streitmatter tells the stories of dissident American publications and press movements of the last two centuries, and of the colorful individuals behind them. From publications that fought for the disenfranchised to those that promoted social reform, Voices of Revolution examines the abolitionist and labor press, black power publications of the 1960s, the crusade against the barbarism of lynching, the women's movement, and antiwar journals. Streitmatter also discusses gay and lesbian publications, contemporary on-line journals, and counterculture papers like The Kudzu and The Berkeley Barb that flourished in the 1960s. Voices of Revolution also identifies and discusses some of the distinctive characteristics shared by the genres of the dissident press that rose to prominence -- from the early nineteenth century to the late twentieth century. For far too long, mainstream journalists and even some media scholars have viewed radical, leftist, or progressive periodicals in America as rags edited by crackpots. However, many of these dissident presses have shaped the way Americans think about social and political issues.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Rodger Streitmatter is professor of journalism at American University. His books include Raising Her Voice: African-American Women Journalists, Unspeakable: The Rise of the Gay and Lesbian Press in America, and Mightier than the Sword: How the News Media Have Shaped American History.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Columbia University Press
• Date d'édition: 1983
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0231048890
• ISBN 13: 9780231048897
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 280
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible