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1) Liberty's first crisis: Adams, Jefferson, and the misfits who saved free speech

Author

Slack, Charles

Language

English

Formats

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“Slack engagingly reveals how the Federalist attack on the First Amendment almost brought down the Republic . . . An illuminating book of American history.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review

In 1798, with the United States in crisis, President John Adams and the Federalists in control of Congress passed an extreme piece of legislation that made criticism of the government...

2) Muzzled: the assault on honest debate

Author

Williams, Juan

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook, Kindle

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Williams discusses the countless ways in which honest debate in America--from the halls of Congress and the health care town halls to the talk shows and print media--is stifled.

3) Toward a general theory of the first amendment

Author

Emerson, Thomas I

Publisher

Random House

Pub. Date

[1966]

Physical Desc

ix, 245 pages ; 22 cm

Language

English

4) The irony of free speech

Author

Fiss, Owen M

Publisher

Harvard University Press

Pub. Date

1996.

Physical Desc

98 pages ; 24 cm

Language

English

5) There's no such thing as free speech, and it's a good thing, too

Author

Fish, Stanley Eugene

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Pub. Date

1994.

Physical Desc

xii, 332 pages ; 24 cm

Language

English

6) The new thought police: inside the Left's assault on free speech and free minds

Author

Bruce, Tammy

Publisher

Forum

Pub. Date

2001.

Edition

First edition.

Physical Desc

xx, 300 pages ; 23 cm

Language

English

7) Cyber rights: defending free speech in the digital age

Author

Godwin, Mike

Publisher

Times Books

Pub. Date

[1998]

Edition

First edition.

Physical Desc

xviii, 333 pages ; 25 cm

Language

English

8) Free speech for me--but not for thee: how the American left and right relentlessly censor each other

Author

Hentoff, Nat

Publisher

Aaron Asher Books

Pub. Date

[1992]

Edition

First edition.

Physical Desc

ix, 405 pages ; 24 cm

Language

English

9) Tough talk: how I fought for writers, comics, bigots, and the American way

Author

Garbus, Martin

Publisher

Times Books

Pub. Date

[1998]

Edition

First edition.

Physical Desc

x, 307 pages ; 22 cm

Language

English

10) Libraries, the First Amendment, and cyberspace: what you need to know

Author

Peck, Robert S

Series

ALA editions

Publisher

American Library Association

Pub. Date

2000.

Physical Desc

xii, 216 pages ; 23 cm.

Language

English

11) The First Amendment: the legacy of George Mason

Series

George Mason lectures

Publisher

George Mason University Press

Pub. Date

[1985]

Physical Desc

201 pages ; 22 cm.

Language

English

12) Only words

Author

MacKinnon, Catharine A

Publisher

Harvard University Press

Pub. Date

1993.

Physical Desc

v, 152 pages ; 20 cm

Language

English

13) Free speech: from newspapers to music lyrics

Author

Zeinert, Karen

Series

Issues in focus

Publisher

Enslow

Pub. Date

[1995]

Physical Desc

128 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Language

English

14) The First freedom today: critical issues relating to censorship and intellectual freedom

Publisher

American Library Association

Pub. Date

1984.

Physical Desc

xv, 341 pages ; 26 cm

Language

English

15) Freedom at risk: secrecy, censorship, and repression in the 1980s

Publisher

Temple University Press

Pub. Date

[1988]

Physical Desc

xviii, 423 pages ; 24 cm

Language

English

16) Blasphemy: verbal offense against the sacred, from Moses to Salman Rushdie

Author

Levy, Leonard W

Publisher

Knopf

Pub. Date

1993.

Edition

First edition.

Physical Desc

xi, 688 pages ; 25 cm

Language

English

17) The shadow university: the betrayal of liberty on America's campuses

Author

Kors, Alan Charles

Publisher

Free Press

Pub. Date

[1998]

Physical Desc

xi, 415 pages ; 25 cm

Language

English

18) The first freedom: the tumultuous history of free speech in America

Author

Hentoff, Nat

Publisher

Delacorte Press

Pub. Date

[1980]

Physical Desc

x, 340 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Language

English

Description

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A history of free speech in our country from earliest times to some of the controversial court cases of today involving school demonstrations and the right of Nazis to march.

19) Uncivil wars: the controversy over reparations for slavery

Author

Horowitz, David

Publisher

Encounter Books

Pub. Date

2002.

Edition

First edition.

Physical Desc

vii, 147 pages ; 24 cm

Language

English

20) Justice talking from NPR: leading advocates debate today's most controversial issues : censoring the Web

Author

Kolbert, Kathryn

Series

Justice talking

Publisher

New Press

Pub. Date

2001.

Physical Desc

xiv, 171 pages ; 21 cm + 1 CD (digital ; 4 3/4 in.).

Language

English

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1) Liberty's first crisis: Adams, Jefferson, and the misfits who saved free speech

2) Muzzled: the assault on honest debate

3) Toward a general theory of the first amendment

4) The irony of free speech

5) There's no such thing as free speech, and it's a good thing, too

6) The new thought police: inside the Left's assault on free speech and free minds

7) Cyber rights: defending free speech in the digital age

8) Free speech for me--but not for thee: how the American left and right relentlessly censor each other

9) Tough talk: how I fought for writers, comics, bigots, and the American way

10) Libraries, the First Amendment, and cyberspace: what you need to know

11) The First Amendment: the legacy of George Mason

12) Only words

13) Free speech: from newspapers to music lyrics

14) The First freedom today: critical issues relating to censorship and intellectual freedom

15) Freedom at risk: secrecy, censorship, and repression in the 1980s

16) Blasphemy: verbal offense against the sacred, from Moses to Salman Rushdie

17) The shadow university: the betrayal of liberty on America's campuses

18) The first freedom: the tumultuous history of free speech in America

19) Uncivil wars: the controversy over reparations for slavery

20) Justice talking from NPR: leading advocates debate today's most controversial issues : censoring the Web

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