dc.contributor.advisor |
Twohig, Peter |
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dc.creator |
Jobb, Dean, 1958- |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2011-05-09T12:31:38Z |
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dc.date.available |
2011-05-09T12:31:38Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2008 |
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dc.identifier.other |
PN 4919 H323 H34 2008 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://library2.smu.ca/xmlui/handle/01/22204 |
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dc.description |
218 leaves ; 29 cm. |
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dc.description |
Includes abstract. |
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dc.description |
Includes bibliographical references (leaves [207]-218). |
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dc.description.abstract |
The Halifax Gazette , the first newspaper published in what would become Canada, has been dismissed the "timid" product of a "docile" printer dependant on government patronage. This study explores the relationship between Nova Scotia's colonial administrators and John Bushell, the Gazette 's publisher from 1752 to 1761, and assesses this relationship within the context of contemporary notions of press freedom in Britain and America. It questions assumptions that official support was vital to the paper's survival and shows Bushell published criticism of Nova Scotia's military-dominated regime and the British government. While the provincial secretary acted as an official censor during the 1750s, shortcomings in this form of control allowed the Gazette to make important contributions to the development of a public sphere in early Nova Scotia. |
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dc.description.provenance |
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dc.language.iso |
en |
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dc.publisher |
Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University |
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dc.subject.lcc |
PN4919.H323 |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Halifax Gazette (Halifax, N.S.) -- History |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Newspapers -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Freedom of the press -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax -- History -- 18th century |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Canadian newspapers -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax -- History |
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dc.title |
Creating some noise in the world : press freedom and Canada's first newspaper, the Halifax Gazette, 1752-1761. |
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dc.type |
Text |
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thesis.degree.name |
Master of Arts in Atlantic Canada Studies |
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thesis.degree.level |
Masters |
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thesis.degree.discipline |
Atlantic Canada Studies Program |
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thesis.degree.grantor |
Saint Mary's University (Halifax, N.S.) |
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