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The idea of a free press : the Enlightenment and its unruly legacy / David A. Copeland ; foreword by Daniel Schorr.
- Title
- The idea of a free press : the Enlightenment and its unruly legacy / David A. Copeland ; foreword by Daniel Schorr.
- Author
- Copeland, David A., 1951-
- Publication
- Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2006.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Schorr, Daniel, 1916-
- Description
- xxiv, 285 p.; 21 cm.
- Summary
- "With the introduction of the printing press in England in 1476, a struggle over its control - and its potential for interrupting power - was joined. The written word, once the domain of the upper levels of society that controlled politics, economics, and religion, could be seen passing into the hands of anyone throughout the social strata who wished to voice opinions on any topic of interest or importance. How the advent of printing led to the idea of a free press is the story told by David A. Copeland in this book, which traces a confrontation that began with issues of religion and gradually expanded into the realm of political freedom."--BOOK JACKET.
- Series Statement
- Visions of the American press
- Uniform Title
- Visions of the American press
- Subject
- Geschichte
- Freedom of the press > Great Britain > History
- Freedom of the press > United States > History
- Freedom of speech > Great Britain > History
- Freedom of speech > United States > History
- Government and the press > Great Britain > History
- Government and the press > United States > History
- Persvrijheid
- Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland
- Verenigde Staten
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-276) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Introduction -- English origins: liberty of conscience -- English origins: news -- The marketplace of ideas and its polemicists -- American origins: the seventeenth century -- Turning points for expression -- Debate and the public sphere -- Conclusion.
- ISBN
- 0810123290 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780810123298 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2006002775
- OCLC
- 63277699
- SCSB-10518915
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library