The Selling of the Constitutional Convention: A History of News Coverage - Hardcover

by John K. Alexander (Author)

This book is a fascinating analysis of news management in the 1780s that sheds new light on the role of the press in early America.

Author Biography

John K. Alexander is a professor at the University of Cincinnati where he specializes in American revolutionary era history. Along with a number of scholarly articles, he has authored Render Them Submissive: Responses to Poverty in Philadelphia, 1760-1800.