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

Publication Info.	Montreal [Quebec] : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2015]
	Ottawa, Ontario : Canadian Electronic Library, 2015.
	©2015

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Description	1 online resource (xxii, 263 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	McGill-Queen's studies in the history of ideas ; 65
	McGill-Queen's studies in the history of ideas ; 65.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-253) and index.
Contents	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.
Summary	An in-depth look at how colonists created a vibrant print culture that shaped the foundations of modern Canada.
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Subject	Journalism -- Social aspects -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax -- History -- 18th century.
	Journalism -- Social aspects.
	Nova Scotia -- Halifax.
	History.
Chronological Term	18th century
Subject	Journalism -- Social aspects -- Québec (Province) -- Québec -- History -- 18th century.
	Québec.
	Canadian newspapers -- English -- Québec (Province) -- Québec -- History -- 18th century.
	Colonial cities -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax -- History -- 18th century.
	Colonial cities.
	Colonial cities -- Québec (Province) -- Québec -- History -- 18th century.
	Canadian newspapers (English) -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax -- History -- 18th century.
	Canada -- Civilization -- British influences.
Chronological Term	1700-1799
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
Other Form:	Print version:Eamon, Michael, 1972- Imprinting Britain. McGill-Queen's studies in the history of ideas McGill-Queen's studies in the history of ideas ; (CaOONL)20149077203
ISBN	9780773583023 (electronic)
	0773583025
	9780773583030
	0773583033
	9780773544901
	9780773544918

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