An indispensable liberty : the fight for free speech in nineteenth-century America / edited by Mary M. Cronin.
2016
KF4772 .I53 2016 (Mapit)
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Title
An indispensable liberty : the fight for free speech in nineteenth-century America / edited by Mary M. Cronin.
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Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2016]
Description
xii, 295 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction / Mary M. Cronin and Sandra Davidson
A press ablaze: violent suppression of abolitionist speech, press, petition, and assembly / Lee Jolliffe
"Palpable injury": Abraham Lincoln and press suppression in the Civil War north / David W. Bulla
Freedom of the press in a slave society at war: the Confederate Congress and others really did make no law / Debra Reddin van Tuyll
Fight, fold, flip, or flee: the confederate press and enemy occupation, 1861-65 / Debra Reddin van Tuyll, Nancy McKenzie Dupont, and Joseph Hayden
Disturbing the public peace: radical and conservative editors in the Reconstruction South / Erika J. Pribanic-Smith
The rocky road to truth as a defense: libel construction in the Nineteenth Century / Sandra Davidson
Keeping the light under the bushel: laws, mores, and reading / Paulette D. Kilmer
No rights for the working man: laboring before the First Amendment had force / Jon Bekken
Freedom of expression for women: the fight for suffrage and personal liberty / Lee Jolliffe, Paulette D. Kilmer, and Sandra Davidson
The national defense association: liberal protector of free speech / Janice R. Wood
David v. Massachusetts: expressive conduct and regulated liberty in the Nineteenth Century / Mary M. Cronin.
A press ablaze: violent suppression of abolitionist speech, press, petition, and assembly / Lee Jolliffe
"Palpable injury": Abraham Lincoln and press suppression in the Civil War north / David W. Bulla
Freedom of the press in a slave society at war: the Confederate Congress and others really did make no law / Debra Reddin van Tuyll
Fight, fold, flip, or flee: the confederate press and enemy occupation, 1861-65 / Debra Reddin van Tuyll, Nancy McKenzie Dupont, and Joseph Hayden
Disturbing the public peace: radical and conservative editors in the Reconstruction South / Erika J. Pribanic-Smith
The rocky road to truth as a defense: libel construction in the Nineteenth Century / Sandra Davidson
Keeping the light under the bushel: laws, mores, and reading / Paulette D. Kilmer
No rights for the working man: laboring before the First Amendment had force / Jon Bekken
Freedom of expression for women: the fight for suffrage and personal liberty / Lee Jolliffe, Paulette D. Kilmer, and Sandra Davidson
The national defense association: liberal protector of free speech / Janice R. Wood
David v. Massachusetts: expressive conduct and regulated liberty in the Nineteenth Century / Mary M. Cronin.
Summary
"Most Americans today view freedom of speech as a bedrock of all other liberties, a defining feature of American citizenship. During the nineteenth century, the popular concept of American freedom of speech was still being formed. In An Indispensable Liberty: The Fight for Freedom of Expression in the Nineteenth Century, contributors examine attempts to restrict freedom of speech and the press during and after the Civil War. The nine essays that make up this collection show how, despite judicial, political, and public proclamations of support for freedom of expression, factors like tradition, gender stereotypes, religion, and fear of social unrest often led to narrow judicial and political protection for freedom of expression by people whose views upset the status quo. These views, expressed by abolitionists, suffragists, and labor leaders, challenged rigid cultural mores of the day, and many political and cultural leaders feared that extending freedom of expression to agitators would undermine society. The Civil War intensified questions about the duties and privileges of citizenship. After the war, key conflicts over freedom of expression were triggered by Reconstruction, suffrage, the Comstock Act, and questions about libel. The volume's contributors blend social, cultural, and intellectual history to untangle the complicated strands of nineteenth-century legal thought. By chronicling the development of modern-day notions of free speech, this timely collection offers both a valuable exploration of the First Amendment in nineteenth-century America and a useful perspective on challenges to today's civil liberties."-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Erscheint auch als: Bulla, David W.. An Indispensable Liberty . The Fight for Free Speech in Nineteenth-Century America. Druck-Ausgabe
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KF4772 .I53 2016
Language
English
ISBN
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