Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents ix
3. Figures xi
4. Preface xiii
5. Introduction: The English-Language Press and the Formation of a Colonial Print Community in British North America 3
6. Print as Sociability
7. Driving the Stage Coach: The Printers of Halifax and Quebec City 23
8. ȜSend me a Ton of Newspapersȝ: Readers and Reading Habits of the Colonial Print Community 46
9. ȜDirecting Public Tasteȝ: British Tradition, Social Control,and the Newspaper 67
10. Enlightened Print: Popular Science and Useful Knowledge in the Service of the Public 89
11. Print and Sociability
12. Making Private Public: Print and the Promotion of Associative Life 113
13. With the Ȝapprobation of a numerous and respectable audienceȝ: Newspapers and the Public Acceptance of Theatre 139
14. The Coffeehouse Elite: Print and the Fashioning of ȜGenteelȝ British Tradition 164
15. Conclusion: The Colonial Print Community’s Imprint on British North America 187
16. A Selection of Societies and Clubs in Halifax and Quebec City, 1760–1800 195
17. A Selection of Plays Performed at Halifax and Quebec City as Recorded in Newspapers and in Printers’ Records 201
18. A Selection of Public Houses Identified as Coffeehouses in the Newspapers of Quebec City and Halifax 1764–1800 206
19. Bibliography 209
20. Index 255