Joseph Howe and Edward Jordon : loyalty, press freedom, and reform in 1830s Nova Scotia and Jamaica

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dc.contributor.advisor Kehoe, S. Karly
dc.coverage.spatial Nova Scotia
dc.coverage.spatial Jamaica
dc.creator Cowper, Christian
dc.date.accessioned 2022-09-09T13:56:10Z
dc.date.available 2022-09-09T13:56:10Z
dc.date.issued 2022-08-08
dc.identifier.uri http://library2.smu.ca/xmlui/handle/01/31052
dc.description 1 online resource (vii,1 unnumbered, 105 pages) : colour illustrations
dc.description Includes abstract.
dc.description Includes bibliographical references (pages 91-105).
dc.description.abstract This is a comparative study of two journalists in Nova Scotia and Jamaica respectively in the 1830s. As editors of colonial newspapers, Joseph Howe (1804-73) and Edward Jordon (1800-69) were tried for publishing seditious writings. Both were acquitted, however, in part due to their rhetoric of loyalty to Britain. Such rhetoric undermined the charges of sedition made against them and allowed them to contrast their loyalty with the apparent disloyalty of colonial elites. It also shows their place within a transatlantic network of reform. These journalists expertly manoeuvred through the complex divisions of power in Britain’s Atlantic Empire, yet their success was also contingent on their powerful position within their respective societies. In the twentieth century, Howe and Jordon were remembered for their combination of loyalty and advocacy for reform. However, this remembrance changed and faded as the British Empire receded. en_CA
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dc.language.iso en en_CA
dc.publisher Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University
dc.subject.lcsh Howe, Joseph, 1804-1873
dc.subject.lcsh Freedom of the press -- Nova Scotia -- History -- 19th century
dc.subject.lcsh Freedom of the press -- Jamaica -- History -- 19th century
dc.subject.lcsh Great Britain -- Colonies -- History
dc.subject.other Jordon, Edward, 1800-1869
dc.title Joseph Howe and Edward Jordon : loyalty, press freedom, and reform in 1830s Nova Scotia and Jamaica en_CA
dc.type Text en_CA
thesis.degree.name Master of Arts in History
thesis.degree.level Masters
thesis.degree.discipline History
thesis.degree.grantor Saint Mary's University (Halifax, N.S.)
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