Event Details - Publishing Terror: War and Communication on the New England Frontier

In early New England, particularly in Massachusetts, the rise of printing coincided with the rise of imperial war. Most colonists did not experience the violence of French and Indian raiding, but they heard and read about it—at length. This presentation explores communication as an important dimension of war, especially in rendering Massachusetts and the rest of New England more vulnerable to terror. Katherine Grandjean is a Professor of History at Wellesley College and the author of American Passage: The Communications Frontier in Early New England.

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