Informing a Nation: The Newspaper Presidency of Thomas Jefferson (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780472132348)

During his presidency, Thomas Jefferson both sponsored and wrote for his own newspaper, the National Intelligencer and Washington Advertiser. The newspaper spoke on behalf of his policies and those of his Republican, anti-federalist party, the Democratic-Republicans, 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.

Author: Mel Laracey
ISBN-10: 0472132342
ISBN-13: 9780472132348
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Language: English
Published: 02/25/2021
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 02/01/2022