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Informed Power : Communication in the Early American South / Alejandra Dubcovsky.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resource (304 p.) : 11 halftones, 4 mapsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674968783
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 302.20975
LOC classification:
  • P92
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Map: The early South -- Introduction -- Part I: What. Making Sense of La Florida, 1560s–1670s -- 1. Paths and Power -- 2. Information Contests -- 3. Rebellious News -- Part II: Who. The Many Faces of Information, 1660s–1710s -- 4. Informers and Slaves -- 5. The Information Race -- Part III. How. New Ways of Articulating Power, 1710–1740 -- 6. Networks in Wartime -- 7. Dissonant Connections -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index
Summary: Alejandra Dubcovsky maps channels of information exchange in the American South, exploring how colonists came into possession of knowledge in a region that lacked a regular mail system or a printing press until the 1730s. She describes ingenious oral networks, and she uncovers important lessons about the nexus of information and power.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Map: The early South -- Introduction -- Part I: What. Making Sense of La Florida, 1560s–1670s -- 1. Paths and Power -- 2. Information Contests -- 3. Rebellious News -- Part II: Who. The Many Faces of Information, 1660s–1710s -- 4. Informers and Slaves -- 5. The Information Race -- Part III. How. New Ways of Articulating Power, 1710–1740 -- 6. Networks in Wartime -- 7. Dissonant Connections -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index

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Alejandra Dubcovsky maps channels of information exchange in the American South, exploring how colonists came into possession of knowledge in a region that lacked a regular mail system or a printing press until the 1730s. She describes ingenious oral networks, and she uncovers important lessons about the nexus of information and power.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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