02618cam a2200301 i 4500 2779584703 TxAuBib 20260721120000.0 260123s2026||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2025040493 9780197816691 hardcover 29.99 019781669X hardcover 29.99 (OCoLC)1531472586 TxAuBib rda Sneff, Emily. When the Declaration of Independence was news [BOOK] / Emily Sneff. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2026] x, 258 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-253) and index. "In 1776 people could hear the Declaration of Independence proclaimed in public squares and could read it in the pages of their local newspapers. Stories of the Declaration typically recount the work that took place inside the Continental Congress, focusing on the men tasked with drafting the text. Although Congress declared independence, the work of spreading the news involved printers, post riders, ship captains, civic leaders, soldiers, clerks, orators, preachers, diplomats, and translators. When the Declaration of Independence Was News reveals the stories behind how the Declaration was communicated in the United States and around the Atlantic. Tracing the travels of the founding document of the United States from Philadelphia to New York, Boston, Charleston, London, Leiden, Paris, and beyond, Emily Sneff shows how people both celebrated the Declaration and critiqued it. In the weeks after the document was penned, it was printed in the columns of newspapers, translated into German and French, and shared with Native American allies. The document induced some people to make public their privately held beliefs about whether they wanted the United States to be independent or to reconcile with King George III. The Declaration was met with unique circumstances everywhere it went, and people modified the text along the way. The questions of who experienced the news of independence, when, and how reveal an expansive and complex history of a critical moment in the American Revolution.". 20260721. United States Declaration of Independence. Social epistemology United States History 18th century. Social epistemology Europe History 18th century.