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Author Levy, Leonard W. (Leonard Williams), 1923-2006.

Title Emergence of a free press / Leonard W. Levy.

Publication Info. New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1985.

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Location Call No. Status
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  323.44 L579E    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  323.445 L668E    Check Shelf
Description xxii, 383 pages ; 25 cm
Note Rev. ed. of: Legacy of suppression. 1960.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-372) and index.
Contents Seditious Libel versus Freedom of Expression -- The American Colonial Experience -- A Free Press in the Controversy with Britain -- Early English Theory: From Milton to "Cato" -- The Free Press Theory of the Zenger Generation -- On the Eve of the American Revolution -- From the Revolution to the First Amendment -- From the First Amendment to the Sedition Act -- The Gestation of an American Libertarian Theory -- The Emergence of an American Libertarian Theory.
Subject Freedom of the press -- United States -- History.
Freedom of speech -- United States -- History.
Indexed Term United States Freedom of press, history
Added Author Levy, Leonard W. (Leonard Williams), 1923-2006. Legacy of suppression.
Other Form: Online version: Levy, Leonard W. (Leonard Williams), 1923-2006. Emergence of a free press. New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1985 (OCoLC)644401221
ISBN 0195035062
9780195035063
0195042409
9780195042405
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