1. Political Operatives and Administrative Workers.
- Author
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KOERBER, DUNCAN
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NEWSPAPER publishing ,NEWSPAPER editors ,COMMERCIAL agents ,NEWSPAPER marketing ,AMERICAN newspaper history ,PRESS & politics ,RADICALS ,CANADIAN history, 1763-1867 ,HISTORY - Abstract
This article sheds light on the agent, an overlooked participant in newspaper circulation networks in the early 1800s. Based on archival letters from the newspaper agents of Mackenzie's Gazette, which was published in New York state by Upper Canadian rebel leader William Lyon Mackenzie, this study shows that agents played key roles in circulation, collection, and feedback. The relationship between editor and agent also was highly political. The Gazette began as a platform to educate Americans about the rebel cause in Upper Canada, attracting agents from both the Whig and Democratic parties, but Mackenzie lost the support of agents as he attacked their parties. This study shows how the agent-editor relationship worked and characterizes the agents' role as administrative, sparked by personal initiative, interactive, and allegiance to a cause. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010
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