Preface -- The community of journalism. Introduction: the third stripe -- "The most powerful engines": newspaper circulation and readership -- "All the citizens of Alexandria": the Confederate community of journalism -- Roles and functions of the Confederate press. "The sole estate": newspaper roles and functions -- "Give us some war news": news and newsgathering -- "Wigwams of political partisanship": the political role of the Confederate press -- "Living on short rations": doing business in the Confederacy -- "Knights of the stick": newspaper labor -- "To our city subscribers": disseminating the news -- "Strong friends and bitter enemies": press freedom and wartime regulation -- "We have spoken for public liberty": the press, dissent, and the failure of Confederate nationalism.
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