Contents Introduction Revolutions as Constitutive Moments Communication and Power The Path of American Development Part I. The Opening of the Public Sphere, 1600ñ1860 Chapter 1. Early-Modern Origins The Diffusion and Control of Print Networks and News Englandís Opening France and the Transnational Public The De Facto Public Sphere Chapter 2. New Foundations Colonial Legacies The American Revolution and the Public Sphere Constitutional Choices How Rights Mattered Chapter 3. Americaís First Information Revolution The Creation of the News Network Privacy and Public Knowledge The Democratization of Competence An American Revolution in Communications Chapter 4. Capitalism and Democracy in Print Publishing and the Limits of Copyright The Revolution of Cheap Print New Publics, New Markets Center and Periphery in Antebellum America The Consequences of Political Choice Part II. The Rise of the Technological Networks, 1840ñ1930 Chapter 5. The First Wire A Path for the Telegraph Monopoly on the Wires Wiring the News Chapter 6. New Connections: Telephone, Cable, and Wireless A Path for the Telephone The Technology of Civil Society Hello, Regulation Wires, Waves, and Lines of Innovation Politics and Comparative Advantage Part III.The Making of the Modern Media, 1865ñ1941 Chapter 7. Great Transformations: The Early Mass Media and the Diversity Dynamic The Rise of Moral Censorship Diversity and Daily Journalism Politics, Markets, and Magazines The Local and Opposition Press Chapter 8. The Rediscovery of the First Amendment Free Speech Becomes a Cause War as a Generative Crisis The Liberal Turn of the Twenties Chapter 9. The Framing of the Movies The Path to the Nickelodeon Censorship and Diversity on the Screen The Consolidation of Control Chapter 10. The Constitution of the Air (1): The Origins of Broadcasting Clashes in the Ether Divergent Paths Chapter 11. The Constitution of the Air (2): Creating the New Public Sphere New Networks, New Powers Censorship and Diversity on the Dial Politics and the New Public Sphere Networks and News Chapter 12. Coda: The Advent of the Media The Sources of Media Power The Media and Democracy Notes Index