In this book Adelman untangles the intertwined factors that news dissemination played throughout the Colonial and Revolutionary periods.
An early chapter is a perspective on how the Stamp Act so squarely hit this particular American industry. There was a give-and-take relationship with the temperament of colonists as sides began to favor different newspapers; meanwhile, the persuaders of both Loyalist and Patriot causes had voices. Society, religion, even business was sculpted by the only real medium of its day.
