Revolutionary Sparks: Freedom of Expression in Modern America

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Oxford University Press, 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. Revolutionary Sparks is a broadgauged discussion of freedom of expression in America that begins by studying the period after the Civil War and Reconstruction when new and unsettling ideas appeared with great regularity on the American scene. These ideas were so widespread 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. With a broad grounding in political and social history, rather than the more prevalent legalistic orientation, Blanchard traces this contest for control through the Watergate scandal of the 1970s and the Reagan and early Bush administrations. Presenting the first comprehensive history of freedom of speech, Blanchard ranges 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 the knowledge necessary for informed self-government.

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Freedom of Expression in the Age of Enterprise
3
Freedom of Expression in the Early Twentieth Century
38
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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