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Author Berkowitz, Eric, author.

Title Dangerous ideas : a brief history of censorship in the West, from the ancients to fake news / Eric Berkowitz.

Publication Info. Boston : Beacon Press, [2021]

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 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  363.31 BER    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  363.31 BERKOWITZ    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  363.31 BERKOWITZ    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  363.31 BER    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  363.31 BERKOWITZ    Check Shelf
 Southington Library - Adult  363.31 BER    Check Shelf
Description 308 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [258]-291) and index.
Contents Helping God along : speech suppression in the ancient world -- The fire cure : censorship from late antiquity to Gutenberg -- The printquakes of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries -- Revolution, control, and frock coats in the eighteenth century -- Class warfare in the nineteenth century -- Trouble in mind : the early twentieth century -- Screaming at the crowd in the contemporary era.
Summary "A fascinating examination of how restricting speech has continuously shaped our culture, and how censorship is used as a tool to prop up authorities and maintain class and gender disparities"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Censorship -- Western countries -- History.
Freedom of speech -- Western countries -- History.
Censorship. (OCoLC)fst00850568
Freedom of speech. (OCoLC)fst00934044
Western countries. (OCoLC)fst01302083
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form: Online version: Berkowitz, Eric. Dangerous ideas Boston : Beacon Press, [2021] 9780807036259 (DLC) 2020057090
ISBN 9780807036242 (hardcover)
0807036242 (hardcover)
9780807036259 (ebook)
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