Revolutionary Sparks: Freedom of Expression in Modern AmericaOxford University Press, 07/05/1992 - 572 من الصفحات The governmental pledge to the American people is found in the First Amendment: "Congress shall make no law...abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press." Written more than two hundred years ago, these words now protect a wide range of expressive activity. A broad-gauged discussion of freedom of expression in America, this book begins by studying the period after the Civil War and Reconstruction when new and unsettling ideas appeared with great regularity on the American scene. So many of these ideas were floating around during this period that the nation's leaders often joined forces to repress aberrant notions. In response to such suppression, individuals seeking to better their lives through the expression of new ideas began to demand their rights to speak, write, and associate together to advance their points of view. Blanchard traces this contest for control through the Watergate scandal of the 1970s and the Reagan and early Bush administrations. Blanchard presents a lively discussion of freedom of speech ranging from questions of national security to those of public morality, from loyalty during times of national stress to the right to preach on a public street corner. Including examinations of controversies involving the press, the national government, the Supreme Court, and civil liberties and civil rights concerns, Revolutionary Sparks presents a strong case for the right of Americans to speak their minds and to have access to knowledge necessary for informed self-government. |
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الصفحة vii
... decision that upheld the conviction of a Communist on charges of attempting to over- throw the government of the state of New York . Sending Benjamin Gitlow to jail for his advocacy of a different form of government was perfectly ...
... decision that upheld the conviction of a Communist on charges of attempting to over- throw the government of the state of New York . Sending Benjamin Gitlow to jail for his advocacy of a different form of government was perfectly ...
الصفحة xi
... decisions are establishing . Instead , we focus on what the opinions tell us about the stance of freedom of expression ... decision was based on the belief that reliance on someone else's for- mulation of how the First Amendment works in ...
... decisions are establishing . Instead , we focus on what the opinions tell us about the stance of freedom of expression ... decision was based on the belief that reliance on someone else's for- mulation of how the First Amendment works in ...
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... decision the Court noted that " the right to designate what shall be carried [ in the mail ] necessarily involves the right to determine what shall be excluded . " And the Court , for one of the first times in the nineteenth century ...
... decision the Court noted that " the right to designate what shall be carried [ in the mail ] necessarily involves the right to determine what shall be excluded . " And the Court , for one of the first times in the nineteenth century ...
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... decision , returned to New York once again , where kinder incorporation laws allowed strict control over membership . The Associated Press was now an official monopoly , as were many business ventures of the day . Concern over the ...
... decision , returned to New York once again , where kinder incorporation laws allowed strict control over membership . The Associated Press was now an official monopoly , as were many business ventures of the day . Concern over the ...
الصفحة 33
... for a dec- laration of war against Spain . Although the press had been a major factor in keeping large segments of the American public stirred up on the Cuban issue for the previous three years , the decision to go to Seeking Conformity 33.
... for a dec- laration of war against Spain . Although the press had been a major factor in keeping large segments of the American public stirred up on the Cuban issue for the previous three years , the decision to go to Seeking Conformity 33.
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Freedom of Expression during World War I | 71 |
Freedom of Expression in the 1920s | 110 |
Freedom of Expression in the 1930s | 149 |
Freedom of Expression during World War II | 189 |
Freedom of Expression in the Cold War | 230 |
Freedom of Expression in the Vietnam Era | 279 |
Freedom of Expression in the Early Nixon Years | 334 |
Freedom of Expression in the Age of Watergate | 378 |
Freedom of Expression in an Age of Reaction | 430 |
Epilogue | 489 |
Notes | 493 |
Index | 551 |
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