Free expression and democracy in America : a history / Stephen M. Feldman.
Feldman, Stephen M., 1955-
2008
KF4770 .F45 2008 (Mapit)
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Title
Free expression and democracy in America : a history / Stephen M. Feldman.
Author
Feldman, Stephen M., 1955-
ISBN
9780226240664 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0226240665 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780226333069
022633306X
Publication Details
Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2008.
Language
English
Description
585 pages ; 24 cm
Call Number
KF4770 .F45 2008
Summary
"From the 1798 Sedition Act to the war on terror, numerous presidents, members of Congress, Supreme Court justices, and local officials have endorsed the silencing of free expression. While efforts by governmental leaders to quiet their citizens seem inconsistent with the vital connection between democracy and free speech, this important book shows a recurring pattern in which two rival traditions in American culture - suppression of speech and dissent as a form of speech - interact. The result is an unparalleled overview of the law, history, and politics of individual rights in the United States."--Jacket.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 473-538) and index.
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Democracy and free expression
Republican democracy from the Revolution through the Civil War
Free expression in the early years
The Sedition Act controversy
Free expression in the nineteenth century to 1865
Republican democracy from Reconstruction through 1920
Free expression, American society, and the Supreme Court
Free expression during the World War I era
Transition to pluralist democracy
Pluralist democracy and judicial review
Free expression, pluralist democracy, and the Supreme Court
The traditions of dissent and suppression in the pluralist democratic regime
Open questions.

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