Schlesinger, Arthur M.  1888-1965 <br/><br/>
Prelude to independence :  the newspaper war on Britain, 1764-1776 / 
by Arthur M. Schlesinger. 
 - 1st Vintage ed. A Caravelle ed. 
 - New York :  Vintage Books, A Division of Random House,  1965. 
 - ix, 318 , xvi pages ;  21 cm. 
 - A Vintage book,  530 .
 - 9(73) (NLA .
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>Bibliography: p. 316-318 
<br/><br/>Pt. 1: "The real American Revolution" -- The sources of disaffection -- The levers of propaganda -- Pt. 2: The role of the newspaper -- Journalistic beginnings -- Stamps evoke the power of the press -- Boston: foundry of propaganda -- The campaign outside New England -- Dead center -- The crusade against the East India Company -- The press defies the intolerable acts -- The pen becomes the sword -- The drift toward independence -- The great debate -- The tally sheet 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Press--United States
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Causes
<br/><br/><label>Universal Decimal Class. No.: </label>9(73) (NLA