Latest from the Canadian Revolution: Early War Correspondence in the New York Herald, 1837–1838

1994 ◽  
Vol 71 (4) ◽  
pp. 851-858
Author(s):  
Ulf Jonas Bjork
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
War Correspondents ◽  
American Press

In December 1837, New York Herald publisher James Gordon Bennett announced to his readers that he had decided to dispatch special correspondents to report on armed uprisings in Canada. His decision constitutes one of the earliest uses of war correspondents by the American press, and it was part of a developing practice to draw on contributors specifically engaged to furnish newspapers with reports from afar. While other papers also sent correspondents to cover the Canadian conflict, the Herald stood out because of the structure and organization of its news gathering efforts.

scholarly journals ‘You Kick the Bucket; We Do the Rest!’: Jokes and the Culture of Reprinting in the Transatlantic Press1

2012 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 273-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bob Nicholson
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
New York ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
Conservative Party ◽  
Digital Archives ◽  
North Wales ◽  
American Press ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Government ◽  
Dynamic Partnership

Abstract In December 1893 the Conservative candidate for Flintshire addressed an audience at Mold Constitutional Club. After he had finished attacking Gladstone and the local Liberal incumbent, he ended his speech with a joke. He advised the Conservative party to adopt, with regard to the government, the sign of an American undertaker: ‘You kick the bucket; we do the rest’. How did a sign belonging to a Nevadan undertaker become the subject of a joke told at a political meeting in North Wales? This unlikely question forms the basis of this article. Using new digital archives, it tracks the journey of the gag from its origins in New York, its travels around America, its trip across the Atlantic, its circulation throughout Britain and its eventual leap into political discourse. The article uses the joke to illuminate the workings of a broader culture of transatlantic reprinting. During the final quarter of the nineteenth century miscellaneous ‘snippets’ cut from the pages of the American press became a staple feature of Britain's bestselling newspapers and magazines. This article explores how these texts were imported, circulated and continually rewritten in dynamic partnership between authors, editors and their readers.

scholarly journals Artists from Primorsky Krai at the New York’s exhibition facilities

2020 ◽  
pp. 105-120
Author(s):  
Y.I. Volkogonov
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Art Criticism ◽  
Primorsky Krai ◽  
Jersey City ◽  
Russian Culture ◽  
Russian Art ◽  
American Press ◽  
The Creation

The article describes the conditions and prerequisites for the creation of the Center for Contemporary Russian Culture and the Museum of Contemporary Russian Art in Vladivostok. The chronology of personal and group exhibitions at the sites of New York and Jersey City (USA), with the participation of artists from the Primorsky Krai, is indicated. The article describes the activities of Alexander Glezer and Alexander Gorodny in organizing exhibitions in Russia and abroad. The author gives an overview of the personal exhibitions of Alexander Pyrkov, Ilyas Zinatulin, Lilia Zinatulin, Fernan Zinatulin, Evgeny Makeev, Vladimir Ganin, Valery Shapranov, Anatoly Zaugolnov. Fragments of statements by art criticism and assessments of the works of Primorye artists by the American press are given. В статье изложены условия и предпосылки создания в г. Владивостоке Центра современной русской культуры и Музея современного русского искусства. Указана хронология персональных и групповых выставок на площадках Нью-Йорка и Джерси-Сити (США) с участием художников Приморского края. Описана деятельность Александра Глезера и Александра Городнего по организации выставок в России и за рубежом. Дан обзор персональных выставок Александра Пыркова, Ильяса, Лилии и Фернана Зинатулиных, Евгения Макеева, Владимира Ганина, Валерия Шапранова, Анатолия Заугольнова. Приведены фрагменты высказываний арт-критики и оценок творчества приморских художников американской прессой.

scholarly journals «NEW YORK TIMES» AND THE CHINESE CRISIS OF 1931

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 61-69
Author(s):  
S.O. Buranok ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New York ◽  
New York Times ◽  
The United States ◽  
Warring States ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
The Us ◽  
American Press ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Pacific Ocean

The article is devoted to the problem of formation of approaches and assessments of the Chinese crisis of 1931 in the US press; it is based on the materials of both Democratic and Republican press of the USA. The materials of the American press of 1931 dedicated to the search for the most efficient optimal strategy of building relations with China and Japan demonstrate a steady interest of American mass media towards negative and positive experience of Asianpolicy. In the course of a difficult search of an optimal view on crisis, several polar points of view were formulated in the American press. A study of daily newspapers and analytical magazines in the United States shows that in the fall of 1931 two approaches to the «Chinese incident» were formed: isolationist and internationalist. In the fall of 1931, the US periodicals did not yet have the idea of “saving China”, which became popular during the second Sino-Japanese war. The journalists and editors viewed a tacit and indirect support for the Japanese claims as only significant model for solving the «China problem». Thus, the study of the positions of the major American press and the most prominent journalists is important for understanding how the USA, after the Chinese crisis, gradually realized its place in the new system of international relations. In addition, the press shows how the United States planned to develop interaction with the warring states in the Pacific Ocean.

Peace Corps Officials Assess the Situation and Plan Future Action

2020 ◽  
pp. 60-70
Author(s):  
Peter H. Reid
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
North Carolina ◽  
Peace Corps ◽  
Dar Es Salaam ◽  
Press Coverage ◽  
Defense Attorneys ◽  
The North ◽  
The Press ◽  
American Press ◽  
Local Officials

In early April, cables fly between Dar es Salaam and Washington, D.C., discussing how to proceed. Peppy’s body is sent to New York after an emotionally moving ceremony in Dar es Salaam. Several memos are prepared summarizing the evidence and events to date. Questions about who will pay for a defense attorney arise, a list of potential defense attorneys is developed, and Bill’s father and members of the North Carolina congressional delegation accuse the Peace Corps of abandoning Bill. The issue of bad press coverage continue to worry PCDC, as evidenced by a cable urging local officials to coordinate on information to be given to the press. The cable points out that misleading and inaccurate stories are appearing in the American press and are attributed to Peace Corps officials in Tanzania.

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