Tác giả: Richard D. Brown

Thomas Jefferson’s conviction that the health of the nation’s democracy would depend on the existence of an informed citizenry has been a cornerstone of our political culture since the inception of t …

In 1796, as revolutionary fervor waned and the Age of Reason took hold, an eighty-five-year-old Massachusetts doctor was convicted of bestiality and sentenced to hang. Three years later and seventy m …

Brown here explores America’s first communications revolution–the revolution that made printed goods and public oratory widely available and, by means of the steamboat, railroad and telegraph, sharp …

From a distinguished historian, a detailed and compelling examination of how the early Republic struggled with the idea that “all men are created equal” How did Americans in the generatio …

Brown here explores America’s first communications revolution–the revolution that made printed goods and public oratory widely available and, by means of the steamboat, railroad and telegraph, sharp …

More than a century and a half ago, John Adams urged scholars investigate the communications of the Boston Committee of Correspondence, the most radical and important of the revolutionary committees …