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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: a free speech pioneer -- Getting started -- The muckrakers -- The anarchists -- The feminists -- The socialists -- The pacifists I -- The pacifists II -- The communists -- Winding down -- Conclusion: Gilbert Roe's legacy. |
| Summary |
"As muckrakers, feminists, pacifists, anarchists, socialists, and communists were arrested or censored for their outspoken views, many of them turned to a Manhattan lawyer named Gilbert Roe to keep them in business and out of jail. In articulating and upholding Americans' fundamental right to free expression against charges of obscenity, libel, espionage, sedition, or conspiracy during turbulent times, Roe was rarely successful in the courts. His greatest victory was the influential 1917 decision by Judge Learned Hand in 'The Masses Publishing Co. v. Patten'. Roe's battles illuminate the evolution of free speech doctrine and practice in an era when it was under heavy assault."--Back cover. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Roe, Gilbert E. (Gilbert Ernstein), 1865-1929.
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Roe, Gilbert E. (Gilbert Ernstein), 1865-1929. |
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Lawyers -- United States -- Biography.
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Lawyers. |
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United States. |
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Biographies.
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Freedom of speech -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Freedom of speech. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Progressivism (United States politics) -- History -- 20th century.
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Progressivism (United States politics) |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Easton, Eric B. Defending the masses. Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2018] 9780299314002 0299314006 (DLC) 2017012506 (OCoLC)985974555 |
| ISBN |
9780299314033 (electronic book) |
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0299314030 (electronic book) |
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9780299314002 |
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0299314006 |
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