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John Peter Zenger and the fundamental freedom
- Title
- John Peter Zenger and the fundamental freedom / William Lowell Putnam ; with a foreword by Paul Sweitzer.
- Author
- Putnam, William Lowell.
- Publication
- Jefferson, NC : McFarland & Company, 1997.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | KF223.Z4 P87 1997 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xii, 193 pages; 22 cm
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Foreword / Paul Sweitzer -- I. Young Peter - Zenger's Background and Environment -- II. Reinventing Journalism - Zenger's Writers and the First News Events -- III. The Evolution of Free Speech - Free Speech from Socrates to 1734 -- IV. The Evolution of Related Freedoms - Thought and Religion -- V. Colonial Newspapers - The Early Print Media of America -- VI. Setting the Stage - Events Leading Up to the Trial of August 1735 -- VII. Trial Preliminaries -- VIII. Jury Selection and Operating Arguments -- IX. Pleading the Negative -- X. Pleading the Truth -- XI. Acquittal -- XII. The Fallout - Establishment of Truth as a Defense -- XIII. Subsequent Events - Zenger's Subsequent Example -- XIV. Frank Herbert Simonds (1878-1936) - A Visionary Journalist in the Zenger Mold -- XV. Final Fruition - Evolution of American Freedom of the Press -- App. A. American Bill of Rights -- App. B. English Bill of Rights -- App. C. Declaration of Independence --
- App. D. Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen.
- ISBN
- 0786403705 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 97014213
- OCLC
- 36739617
- ocm36739617
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries