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How fast did news of American independence spread?

John Fea   |  July 7, 2020

I just ran across this Smithsonian piece from 2017. Fascinating: It was the breaking news to end all breaking news—the fledgling British colonies of North America were committing treason and declaring independence. But in an era long before smartphone push alerts, TV...

Printers, Information, and the American Revolution

John Fea   |  September 12, 2017

Early in my career I was very interested in the communication of information in early America.  One of the first pieces I ever published was an essay on the way letters were used to spread the First Great Awakening in...

“Information Networks in the Age of Revolutions”

John Fea   |  September 8, 2017

This is the title of a Fall series of posts at the Age of Revolutions blog. In an introductory post, Bryan Banks tells us what we can expect and sets the series in context. Here is a taste: Robert Darnton,...

The Walking Mail Carrier

John Fea   |  February 19, 2013

The other day I was thinking about the changes in the dissemination of information and news that have occurred in my lifetime.  Sunday was my birthday and, as has been the case for the better part of the last four...

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Episode 51: “The Politics of Tinky Winky”

January 27, 2023 By John Fea

He was Florida’s professor of the year in 2006. Today his courses would be illegal.

January 27, 2023 By John Fea

Zakaria: The nation’s policy on classified documents and “secrecy” is “out-of-control”

January 27, 2023 By John Fea

Teaching John Henry Newman’s “What is a University”

January 27, 2023 By John Fea

What is popular this week at Current?

January 27, 2023 By John Fea

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