Free expression and democracy in America
Subtitle: a history
By: Stephen M. Feldman.
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 585
ISBN-13: 9780226240664
Subjects: Freedom of expression -- United States. -- History
Description: "From the 1798 Sedition Act to the war on terror, numerous presidents, members of Congress, Supreme Court justices, and local officials have endorsed the silencing of free expression. While efforts by governmental leaders to quiet their citizens seem inconsistent with the vital connection between democracy and free speech, this important book shows a recurring pattern in which two rival traditions in American culture - suppression of speech and dissent as a form of speech - interact. The result is an unparalleled overview of the law, history, and politics of individual rights in the United States."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Democracy and free expression; title: Republican democracy from the Revolution through the Civil War; title: Free expression in the early years; title: The sedition act controversy; title: Free expression in the nineteenth century to 1865; title: Republican democracy from reconstruction through 1920; title: Free expression, American society, and the Supreme Court; title: Free expression during the World War I era; title: Transition to pluralist democracy; title: Pluralist democracy and judicial review; title: Free expression, pluralist democracy, and the Supreme Court; title: The traditions of dissent and suppression in the pluralist democratic regime; title: Open questions.