Imprinting Britain : newspapers, sociability, and the shaping of British North America / Michael Eamon.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Montreal [Quebec] : McGill-Queen's University Press, (c)2015.; Ottawa, Ontario : Canadian Electronic Library, (c)2015.Description: 1 online resource (xxii, 263 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
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  • PN4906 .I477 2015
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Contents:
PART ONE PRINT AS SOCIABILITY. Driving the Stage Coach: The Printers of Halifax and Quebec City -- "Send me a Ton of Newspapers": Readers and Reading Habits of the Colonial Print Community -- "Directing Public Taste": British Tradition, Social Control, and the Newspaper -- Enlightened Print: Popular Science and Useful Knowledge in the Service of the Public.
With the "approbation of a numerous and respectable audience": Newspapers and the Public Acceptance of Theatre -- The Coffeehouse Elite: Print and the Fashioning of "Genteel" British Tradition -- Conclusion: The Colonial Print Community's Imprint on British North America.
A Selection of Plays Performed at Halifax and Quebec City as Recorded in Newspapers and in Printers' Records -- A Selection of Public Houses Identified as Coffeehouses in the Newspapers of Quebec City and Halifax, 1764-1800.
Subject: An in-depth look at how colonists created a vibrant print culture that shaped the foundations of modern Canada.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction: The English-Language Press and the Formation of a Colonial Print Community in British North America -- PART ONE PRINT AS SOCIABILITY. Driving the Stage Coach: The Printers of Halifax and Quebec City -- "Send me a Ton of Newspapers": Readers and Reading Habits of the Colonial Print Community -- "Directing Public Taste": British Tradition, Social Control, and the Newspaper -- Enlightened Print: Popular Science and Useful Knowledge in the Service of the Public.

PART TWO PRINT AND SOCIABILITY. Making Private Public: Print and the Promotion of Associative Life -- With the "approbation of a numerous and respectable audience": Newspapers and the Public Acceptance of Theatre -- The Coffeehouse Elite: Print and the Fashioning of "Genteel" British Tradition -- Conclusion: The Colonial Print Community's Imprint on British North America.

APPENDICES. A Selection of Societies and Clubs in Halifax and Quebec City, 1760-1800 -- A Selection of Plays Performed at Halifax and Quebec City as Recorded in Newspapers and in Printers' Records -- A Selection of Public Houses Identified as Coffeehouses in the Newspapers of Quebec City and Halifax, 1764-1800.

An in-depth look at how colonists created a vibrant print culture that shaped the foundations of modern Canada.

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