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The rise of the right to know : politics and the culture of transparency, 1945-1975 / Michael Schudson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schudson, Michael, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Freedom of information--United States--History--20th century.
- Freedom of information.
- Transparency (Ethics) in government--United States--History--20th century.
- Transparency (Ethics) in government.
- Consumer protection--United States--History--20th century.
- Consumer protection.
- Environmental impact statements--United States--History--20th century.
- Environmental impact statements.
- History.
- United States.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 348 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2015.
- Contents:
- A cultural right to know
- Origins of the Freedom of Information Act
- The consumer's right to be informed
- Opening up Congress
- The media's presence
- "To let people know in time"
- Transparency in a transformed democracy
- Disclosure and its discontents.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780674744059
- 0674744055
- OCLC:
- 907204525
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