1800-1860: Communications
1800-1860: Chapter Four: Communications
by JOHN M. COWARD
CONTENTS
CHRONOLOGY 116
OVERVIEW 122
TOPICS IN THE NEWS
A Communications Revolution 123
Ponies Deliver the Mail 124
Democracy and Idealism in an Expanding Nation 126
New York Tribune, 18 February 1854 126
Magazines Move West 128
Native American Journalism 129
News, Technology, and National Progress 133
Newspapers for a New Nation 133
New Orleans Picayune, 14 September 1847 134
HEADLINE MAKERS
George Kendall 136
PUBLICATIONS 138
Sidebars and tables are listed in italics.
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