In recent years, the Journal of Policy History has emerged as a major venue for scholarship on American policy history in the period after 1900. Indeed, it is for this reason that it is often praised as the leading outlet for scholarship on American political history in the world. Only occasionally, however, has it featured essays on the early republic, the Civil War, or the post-Civil War era. And when it has, the essays have often focused on partisan electioneering rather than on governmental institutions. The rationale for this special issue of the Journal of Policy...
In recent years, the Journal of Policy History has emerged as a major venue for scholarship on American policy history in the period after...
In the seven decades from its establishment in 1775 to the commercialization of the electric telegraph in 1844, the American postal system spurred a communications revolution no less far-reaching than the subsequent revolutions associated with the telegraph, telephone, and computer. This book tells the story of that revolution and the challenge it posed for American business, politics, and cultural life.
During the early republic, the postal system was widely hailed as one of the most important institutions of the day. No other institution had the capacity to transmit such a large...
In the seven decades from its establishment in 1775 to the commercialization of the electric telegraph in 1844, the American postal system spurred ...
Recent events--the Citizens United Supreme Court decision, the Occupy Wall Street movement, and efforts to increase the minimum wage, among others--have driven a tremendous surge of interest in the political power of business. Capital Gains collects some of the most innovative new work in the field. The chapters explore the influence of business on American politics in the twentieth century at the federal, state, and municipal levels. From corporate spending on city governments in the 1920s to business support for public universities in the postwar period, and from business...
Recent events--the Citizens United Supreme Court decision, the Occupy Wall Street movement, and efforts to increase the minimum wage, among ...
"Network Nation" places the history of telecommunications within the broader context of American politics, business, and discourse. This engrossing and provocative book persuades us of the critical role of political economy in the development of new technologies and their implementation.
"Network Nation" places the history of telecommunications within the broader context of American politics, business, and discourse. This engrossing an...
Making News charts the rise and fall of the newspaper as the primary medium for the conveyance of news. The book focuses on two of the most influential media markets in the modern world-Great Britain and the United States between 1688 and 1995. In 1688, Parliament created institutional arrangements that would hasten the rise of the newspaper as the dominant medium for the circulation of news. In 1995, the National Science Foundation commercialized the Internet, encouraging an astonishing proliferation of information on all manner of topics, including the news. Per capita...
Making News charts the rise and fall of the newspaper as the primary medium for the conveyance of news. The book focuses on two of the most i...
This book charts the rise and fall of the newspaper as the primary medium for the conveyance of news. Chapters, from the foremost scholars in the field, offer an explicitly comparative analysis of the two of the most influential media markets in the modern world - Great Britain and the United States between 1688 and 1995.
This book charts the rise and fall of the newspaper as the primary medium for the conveyance of news. Chapters, from the foremost scholars in the fiel...
