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Understanding print as a tool for dissent is essential to understanding how Americans have negotiated difference in a pluralist society. Protest on the Page explores the intertwined histories of print and protest in the United States from Reconstruction to the present. As these ten essays demonstrate, protestors of all political and religious persuasions, as well as aesthetic and ethical temperaments, have used the printed page to wage battles over free speech; to test racial, class, sexual, and even culinary boundaries; and to alter the moral landscape in American life. These included vegetarians and anarchists at the advent of the twentieth century, midcentury evangelicals and tween comic book readers, and GIs and feminists in the 1970s–80s.

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These are fresh, fascinating inquiries into the unknown byways of American journalistic history. Protest on the Page amounts to an alternative history of the press, far different from the familiar triumphant and establishment-celebrating narrative. --Nicholas Lemann, Columbia University The latest addition to the outstanding University of Wisconsin Press series 'History of Print and Digital Culture, ' deftly organized into three major sections (Revolt and Reaction, Consensus Contested, and Dangerous Print), Protest on the Page should be considered a critically important addition to academic library collections in communications and journalism. --Midwest Book Review Its subject is invigorating: how ordinary people with passion for a cause seized the available print technology of the day to change other people's minds, and ultimately the nation. --Wisconsin State Journal Historians of social change have always drawn upon ephemeral publications from the fringes of politics and culture. But the essays in this splendid collection show that the printed word has actually been a central player in the politics of social movements, from anarchism to vegetarianism. This sharp focus on media provides valuable new insight into how movement politics has worked in American history. --David Paul Nord, author of Faith in Reading Especially useful as a supplement to the traditional histories of American journalism that focus on the 'mainstream' media and the development and power of elite actors and the presses they control. There is much here that deepens and enriches our understanding of the history of dissent and resistance as well as the history of print media. --JHistory, H-Net A substantial contribution to the histories of print culture, media, journalism, and non-mainstream movements, groups, and ideas. --John Nerone, author of Violence Against the Press How great it is to have a book about the history of the press that's not about the New York Times or Washington Post, and not about the glories of a free press in a democracy. The journalism of visionary movements--anarchism, feminism, dissent in the military--is part of our heritage too, and it's great to see it get some of the attention it deserves. --Adam Hochschild, co-founder of Mother Jones magazine and the author of To End All Wars

The latest addition to the outstanding University of Wisconsin Press series 'History of Print and Digital Culture, ' deftly organized into three major sections (Revolt and Reaction, Consensus Contested, and Dangerous Print), Protest on the Page should be considered a critically important addition to academic library collections in communications and journalism. Midwest Book Review

Especially useful as a supplement to the traditional histories of American journalism that focus on the mainstream media and the development and power of elite actors and the presses they control. There is much here that deepens and enriches our understanding of the history of dissent and resistance as well as the history of print media. JHistory, H-Net Its subject is invigorating: how ordinary people with passion for a cause seized the available print technology of the day to change other people s minds, and ultimately the nation. Wisconsin State Journal The latest addition to the outstanding University of Wisconsin Press series 'History of Print and Digital Culture, ' deftly organized into three major sections (Revolt and Reaction, Consensus Contested, and Dangerous Print), Protest on the Page should be considered a critically important addition to academic library collections in communications and journalism. Midwest Book Review A substantial contribution to the histories of print culture, media, journalism, and non-mainstream movements, groups, and ideas. John Nerone, author of Violence Against the Press: Policing the Public Sphere in U.S. History How great it is to have a book about the history of the press that s not about the New York Times or Washington Post, and not about the glories of a free press in a democracy. The journalism of visionary movementsanarchism, feminism, dissent in the militaryis part of our heritage too, and it s great to see it get some of the attention it deserves. Adam Hochschild, cofounder of Mother Jones magazine and the author of To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 19141918 Historians of social change have always drawn upon ephemeral publications from the fringes of politics and culture. But the essays in this splendid collection show that the printed word has actually been a central player in the politics of social movements, from anarchism to vegetarianism. This sharp focus on media provides valuable new insight into how movement politics has worked in American history. David Paul Nord, author of Faith in Reading: Religious Publishing and the Birth of Mass Media in America, 17901860 These are fresh, fascinating inquiries into the unknown byways of American journalistic history. Protest on the Page amounts to an alternative history of the press, far different from the familiar triumphant and establishment-celebrating narrative. Nicholas Lemann, the Joseph Pulitzer II and Edith Pulitzer Moore Professor of Journalism, Columbia University A substantial contribution to the histories of print culture, media, journalism, and non-mainstream movements, groups, and ideas. --John Nerone, author of Violence Against the Press: Policing the Public Sphere in U.S. History How great it is to have a book about the history of the press that's not about the New York Times or Washington Post, and not about the glories of a free press in a democracy. The journalism of visionary movements--anarchism, feminism, dissent in the military--is part of our heritage too, and it's great to see it get some of the attention it deserves. --Adam Hochschild, cofounder of Mother Jones magazine and the author of To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918 Historians of social change have always drawn upon ephemeral publications from the fringes of politics and culture. But the essays in this splendid collection show that the printed word has actually been a central player in the politics of social movements, from anarchism to vegetarianism. This sharp focus on media provides valuable new insight into how movement politics has worked in American history. --David Paul Nord, author of Faith in Reading: Religious Publishing and the Birth of Mass Media in America, 1790-1860 These are fresh, fascinating inquiries into the unknown byways of American journalistic history. Protest on the Page amounts to an alternative history of the press, far different from the familiar triumphant and establishment-celebrating narrative. --Nicholas Lemann, the Joseph Pulitzer II and Edith Pulitzer Moore Professor of Journalism, Columbia University

A substantial contribution to the histories of print culture, media, journalism, and non-mainstream movements, groups, and ideas. --John Nerone, author of Violence Against the Press: Policing the Public Sphere in U.S. History

Especially useful as a supplement to the traditional histories of American journalism that focus on the mainstream media and the development and power of elite actors and the presses they control. There is much here that deepens and enriches our understanding of the history of dissent and resistance as well as the history of print media. <i>JHistory, H-Net</i>

These are fresh, fascinating inquiries into the unknown byways of American journalistic history. Protest on the Page amounts to an alternative history of the press, far different from the familiar triumphant and establishment-celebrating narrative. --Nicholas Lemann, Columbia University The latest addition to the outstanding University of Wisconsin Press series 'History of Print and Digital Culture, ' deftly organized into three major sections (Revolt and Reaction, Consensus Contested, and Dangerous Print), Protest on the Page should be considered a critically important addition to academic library collections in communications and journalism. --Midwest Book Review Especially useful as a supplement to the traditional histories of American journalism that focus on the 'mainstream' media and the development and power of elite actors and the presses they control. There is much here that deepens and enriches our understanding of the history of dissent and resistance as well as the history of print media. --JHistory, H-Net A substantial contribution to the histories of print culture, media, journalism, and non-mainstream movements, groups, and ideas. --John Nerone, author of Violence Against the Press Its subject is invigorating: how ordinary people with passion for a cause seized the available print technology of the day to change other people's minds, and ultimately the nation. --Wisconsin State Journal Historians of social change have always drawn upon ephemeral publications from the fringes of politics and culture. But the essays in this splendid collection show that the printed word has actually been a central player in the politics of social movements, from anarchism to vegetarianism. This sharp focus on media provides valuable new insight into how movement politics has worked in American history. --David Paul Nord, author of Faith in Reading How great it is to have a book about the history of the press that's not about the New York Times or Washington Post, and not about the glories of a free press in a democracy. The journalism of visionary movements--anarchism, feminism, dissent in the military--is part of our heritage too, and it's great to see it get some of the attention it deserves. --Adam Hochschild, co-founder of Mother Jones magazine and the author of To End All Wars

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James L. Baughman is the Fetzer Bascom Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA. His many publications include Republic of Mass Culture: Journalism, Filmmaking and Broadcasting in America since 1941 (3rd edition). Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen is the Merle Curti Associate Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA and the author of American Nietzsche: A History of an Icon and His Ideas. James P. Danky is the cofounder of the Center for the History of Print and Digital Culture at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA and retired librarian for periodicals and newspapers at the Wisconsin Historical Society. His many books include Underground Classics: The Transformation of Comics into Comix.

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