Informing a nation : the newspaper presidency of Thomas Jefferson / Mel Laracey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Laracey, Mel, 1951- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826--In mass media.

Jefferson, Thomas.

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826--Political and social views.

The National intelligencer and Washington advertiser.

Newspapers--19th century.

Newspapers.

Mass media--Political aspects--United States--19th century.

Mass media.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, 2021.

Summary:

During his presidency, Thomas Jefferson both sponsored and wrote for his own newspaper, the National Intelligencer and Washington Adviser. The newspaper spoke on behalf of his policies and those of his Republican, anti-federalist party, the Democratic-Republican Party, the precursor to today's Democrats. Author Mel Laracey focuses on the newspaper's message during Jefferson's first term, showing how the third president used media to promote his administration and its goals against their political rivals, the Federalists. Informing a Nation shows how Jefferson and his allies dealt with political challenges, reveals hitherto unexamined aspects of the early presidency, and raises broad questions of the relationship between the presidency and media today.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

1. Introduction

2. Newspapers, Thomas Jefferson, and the National Intelligencer

3. The Extraordinary Presidential Election of 1800

4. Celebrating and Promoting Jefferson and Republicanism

5. Defending Jefferson's Policies on Appointments and Removals

6. Attacking Judges, Part 1: Judicial Review

7. Attacking Judges, Part 2: The Impeachment of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase

8. The New Orleans Port Closure and the Great Solution: The Louisiana Purchase

9. Getting Reelected

10. The Newspaper Presidency of Thomas Jefferson

Notes

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-233) and index.

Description based on information from the publisher.

ISBN:

9780472128556

0472128558