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Revolutionary Sparks: Freedom of Expression in Modern America Hardback - 1992
by Margaret A. Blanchard
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- Title Revolutionary Sparks: Freedom of Expression in Modern America
- Author Margaret A. Blanchard
- Binding Hardback
- Edition First Edition
- Condition New
- Pages 592
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Oxford University Press, USA, New York / Oxford
- Date 1992-05-07
- Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # A9780195054361
- ISBN 9780195054361 / 0195054369
- Weight 2.18 lbs (0.99 kg)
- Dimensions 9.62 x 6.58 x 1.71 in (24.43 x 16.71 x 4.34 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Library of Congress subjects Freedom of speech - United States - History, Freedom of the press - United States -
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 91016147
- Dewey Decimal Code 323.443
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From the rear cover
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.