TY - BOOK ID - 77921700 TI - Josephus Daniels PY - 2013 SN - 1469606968 1469608103 9781469608105 9781469606965 9781469606958 146960695X 9798890840349 9798893130133 PB - Chapel Hill The University of North Carolina Press DB - UniCat KW - HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV). KW - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political. KW - Newspaper publishing KW - Publishers and publishing KW - Press and politics KW - Ambassadors KW - Cabinet officers KW - Newspapers KW - Publishing of newspapers KW - Journalism KW - Book publishing KW - Books KW - Book industries and trade KW - Booksellers and bookselling KW - Politics and the press KW - Press KW - Advertising, Political KW - Government and the press KW - History. KW - Publishing KW - Political aspects KW - Daniels, Josephus, KW - United States. KW - DON (Department of the Navy) KW - Naval Establishment (U.S.) KW - United States KW - Politics and government UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77921700 AB - "As a longtime leader of the Democratic Party and key member of Woodrow Wilson's cabinet, Josephus Daniels was one of the most influential progressive politicians in the country, and as secretary of the navy during the First World War, he became one of the most important men in the world. Before that, Daniels revolutionized the newspaper industry in the South, forever changing the relationship between politics and the news media. Lee A. Craig, an expert on economic history, delves into Daniels's extensive archive to inform this nuanced and eminently readable biography, following Daniels's rise to power in North Carolina and chronicling his influence on twentieth-century politics"-- "As a longtime leader of the Democratic Party and key member of Woodrow Wilson's cabinet, Josephus Daniels was one of the most influential progressive politicians in the country, and as secretary of the navy during the First World War, he became one of the most important men in the world. Before that, Daniels revolutionized the newspaper industry in the South, forever changing the relationship between politics and the news media. Lee A. Craig, an expert on economic history, delves into Daniels's extensive archive to inform this nuanced and eminently readable biography, following Daniels's rise to power in North Carolina and chronicling his influence on twentieth-century politics. A man of great contradictions, Daniels--an ardent prohibitionist, free trader, and Free Silverite--made a fortune in private industry yet served as a persistent critic of unregulated capitalism. He championed progressive causes like the graded public school movement and antitrust laws even as he led North Carolina's white supremacy movement. Craig pulls no punches in his definitive biography of this political powerhouse"-- ER -