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From the Palmer Raids to the Patriot Act : a history of the fight for free speech in America /

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston : Beacon Press, c2007.Description: xi, 348 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0807044288 (hbk.)
  • 9780807044285 (hbk.)
  • 9780807044292 (pbk.)
  • 0807044296 (pbk.)
Other title:
  • History of the fight for free speech in America
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 342.7308/53 22
LOC classification:
  • KF4772 .F56 2007
Contents:
Introduction -- ch. 1. Ground zero -- ch. 2. Mob rule, 1921-1930 -- ch. 3. Banned in Boston -- ch. 4. The court takes a hand -- ch. 5. The second Red scare -- ch. 6. The fight for artistic freedom, 1945-1966 -- ch. 7. Let the sunshine in -- ch. 8. The counterattack, 1970-2002 -- 9/11 -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.
Summary: Presents a comprehensive history of the evolution of free speech in America over the last century.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
NF NF Chamberlin Free Public Library Nonfiction 342.7308 FIN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 34517000498116

Includes bibliographical references (p. 310-325) and index.

Introduction -- ch. 1. Ground zero -- ch. 2. Mob rule, 1921-1930 -- ch. 3. Banned in Boston -- ch. 4. The court takes a hand -- ch. 5. The second Red scare -- ch. 6. The fight for artistic freedom, 1945-1966 -- ch. 7. Let the sunshine in -- ch. 8. The counterattack, 1970-2002 -- 9/11 -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.

Presents a comprehensive history of the evolution of free speech in America over the last century.

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