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Outspoken : free speech stories / Nan Levinson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Levinson, Nan, 1949-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Freedom of speech--United States--History.
- Freedom of speech.
- Censorship.
- History.
- United States.
- Censorship--United States--History.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 359 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, [2003]
- Summary:
- Outspoken tells the stories of an array of Americans who refused to let someone else whittle away at their right to talk, think, create or demur as they pleased and uses their experiences as a starting point for exploring what we mean by free speech and why it matters.
- Contents:
- A democracy of voices
- I pledge allegiance
- A matter of conscience
- Beyond mere dissent
- La mordaza
- Point of view
- That special shimmer
- Something to offend nearly everybody
- The seduction of absolutes
- Insubordinate
- Blame that tune
- What do you mean I cant́ read Playboy?
- The public trust
- In other words.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-352) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0520223705
- OCLC:
- 51454487
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