Law and Medicine in Revolutionary America Dissecting the Rush V. Cobbett Trial 1799 |
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Author:
| Myrsiades, Linda |
Series title: | Studies in Eighteenth-Century America and the Atlantic World Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-61146-102-2 |
Publication Date: | May 2012 |
Publisher: | Lehigh University Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $121.00 |
Book Description:
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This study focuses on two critical figures in late eighteenth-century America--the physician Benjamin Rush and the journalist William Cobbett-- as they clashed in one of the most important trials of post-revolutionary America, a libel trial that pitted medicine against the press, republicanism against federalism, and privacy against the public welfare.
This study focuses on two critical figures in late eighteenth-century America--the physician Benjamin Rush and the journalist William Cobbett-- as they clashed in one of the most important trials of post-revolutionary America, a libel trial that pitted medicine against the press, republicanism against federalism, and privacy against the public welfare.