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Press and speech freedoms in America, 1619-1995 : a chronology / compiled by Louis Edward Ingelhart.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Freedom of the press--United States--History--Chronology.
- Freedom of the press.
- Freedom of speech--United States--History--Chronology.
- Freedom of speech.
- History.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Chronologies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 367 pages.)
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1997.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Traces the struggles, the contending views, and the events affecting press freedoms from 1619 to 1995.
- Contents:
- Ch. 1. Freedom of Expression in the Twentieth Century
- Ch. 2. The Colonial Beginnings: 1661 Through 1699
- Ch. 3. Agitation for Press Freedom: 1700 Through 1759
- Ch. 4. The Patriots and Their Revolution: 1760 Through 1786
- Ch. 5. The First Amendment Tangles With Sedition: 1787 Through 1799
- Ch. 6. Re-emergence of Free Expression: 1800 Through 1824
- Ch. 7. The Bitter Causes and Bitter War: 1825 Through 1867
- Ch. 8. The Fourteenth Amendment: 1868 Through 1899
- Ch. 9. World War I and Censorship: 1900 Through 1924
- Ch. 10. Achieving New Concepts of Free Expression: 1925 Through 1949
- Ch. 11. Freedom of Expression at Mid-Century: 1950 Through 1959
- Ch. 12. The Decade of the 1960s: 1960 Through 1969
- Ch. 13. The Decade of the 1970s: 1970 Through 1979
- Ch. 14. The Decade of the 1980s: 1980 Through 1989
- Ch. 15. The Beginnings of the 1990s: 1990 Through 1994
- Ch. 16. The Turbulent Year of 1995.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-342) and indexes.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Press and speech freedoms in America, 1619-1995.
- ISBN:
- 9780313387944
- 031338794X
- Publisher Number:
- 99990106803
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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