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From the Palmer Raids to the Patriot Act : a history of the fight for free speech in America / Christpher M. Finan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Finan, Christopher M., 1953-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Freedom of speech--United States--History.
- Freedom of speech.
- United States.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 348 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boston, Mass. : Beacon Press, [2007]
- Summary:
- In this lively history of our most fundamental and perhaps most vulnerable right, Christopher Finan traces the lifeline of free speech from the War on Terror back to the turn of the last century. The story of the fight for free speech in times of war and peace-when writers, publishers, booksellers, and librarians are often on the front lines-is essential reading.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Ground Zero 1
- Chapter 2 Mob Rule, 1921-1930 38
- Chapter 3 Banned in Boston 73
- Chapter 4 The Court Takes a Hand 109
- Chapter 5 The Second Red Scare 134
- Chapter 6 The Fight for Artistic Freedom, 1945-1966 169
- Chapter 7 Let the Sunshine In 204
- Chapter 8 The Counterattack, 1970-2002 237
- Chapter 9 9/11 268.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780807044285 :
- 0807044288 :
- OCLC:
- 123419263
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