Print and public politics in the English Revolution / Jason Peacey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peacey, Jason, author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in early modern British history.

Cambridge studies in early modern British history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Press and politics--Great Britain--History--17th century.

Press and politics.

Printing--Great Britain--History--17th century.

Printing.

Public opinion--England--History--17th century.

Public opinion.

Great Britain--Politics and government--1603-1649.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--History--Civil War, 1642-1649--Public opinion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 448 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Print & Public Politics in the English Revolution

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is a major reassessment of the communications revolution of the seventeenth century. Using a wealth of archival evidence and the considerable output of the press, Jason Peacey demonstrates how new media - from ballads to pamphlets and newspapers - transformed the English public's ability to understand and participate in national political life. He analyses how contemporaries responded to political events as consumers of print; explores what they were able to learn about national politics; and examines how they developed the ability to appropriate a variety of print genres in order to participate in novel ways. Amid structural change and conjunctural upheaval, he argues that there occurred a dramatic re-shaping of the political nation, as citizens from all walks of life developed new habits and practices for engaging in daily political life, and for protecting and advancing their interests. This ultimately involved experience-led attempts to rethink the nature of representation and accountability.

Contents:

The ownership of cheap print

The accessibility of print

Readers, reception and the authority of print

Analysing Parliament and its problems

Access to Parliament

Monitoring personalities and performance

Authors, printing and participation

Print and petitioning

Print and lobbying

Printing, mass mobilisation and protesting

Holding representatives to account.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-70332-8

1-139-89375-0

1-107-62249-2

1-107-69426-4

1-107-59883-4

1-107-70407-3

1-107-36029-3

1-107-67157-4

OCLC:

865330684