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Author Copeland, David A., 1951-

Title The idea of a free press : the Enlightenment and its unruly legacy / David A. Copeland ; foreword by Daniel Schorr.

Publication Info. Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2006.

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 Moore Stacks  PN4748.G7 C59 2006    Available  ---
Description xxiv, 285 pages ; 21 cm.
Series Visions of the American press
Visions of the American press.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-276) and index.
Contents Introduction -- English origins: liberty of conscience -- English origins: news -- The marketplace of ideas and its polemicists -- American origins: the seventeenth century -- Turning points for expression -- Debate and the public sphere -- Conclusion.
Subject Freedom of the press -- Great Britain -- History.
Freedom of the press.
Great Britain.
History.
Freedom of the press -- United States -- History.
United States.
Freedom of speech -- Great Britain -- History.
Freedom of speech.
Freedom of speech -- United States -- History.
Government and the press -- Great Britain -- History.
Government and the press.
Government and the press -- United States -- History.
Persvrijheid.
Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittanniƫ en Noord-Ierland.
Verenigde Staten.
Added Author Schorr, Daniel, 1916-2010.
ISBN 0810123290 paperback alkaline paper
9780810123298 paperback alkaline paper