Pillars of Salt, Monuments of Grace: New England Crime Literature and the Origins of American Popular Culture, 1674-1860

Pillars of Salt, Monuments of Grace: New England Crime Literature and the Origins of American Popular Culture, 1674-1860
ISBN-10
1558495290
ISBN-13
9781558495296
Category
Social Science
Pages
350
Language
English
Published
2006
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Author
Daniel A. Cohen

Description

Explores a major cultural shift embodied in hundreds of early New England crime publications. Tracing the declining authority of Puritan ministers, this work probes the forgotten origins of our modern mass media's pre-occupation with crime and punishment.

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