CRI 550 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Halifax Gazette, Fleury Mesplet, Civil Society
4 Feb 2016
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Book closely linked to renaissance, eu explorers. Writing legitimized territorial conquests, helped create culture of. Aboriginals no written word, more on oral. Colonial experience: miltant god and modern state both placed. Printing press crucial to development of nation state, needed for. Spread of books, maintained culture from old country. Samuel de champlain tried to establish a press but failed, no support. New france: no press therefore not legit. Even if there were monks and priests who wanted to publish, had to get ok from head in france so not much happened, instead tried manuscripts eg when a ship came, what went in/out. Manuscript: large scale administration, everything had to be written, Problem in colony: no money, used to have promissory notes from king. Couldn"t pay people after versailles shit, no physical money so instead, playing card money. Playing card money: government would write their debt to soldier, soldier would use it to buy stuf.
