J. Rudanko
Palgrave Macmillan UK
e druk, 2012
9781137030597
Discourses of Freedom of Speech
From the Enactment of the Bill of Rights to the Sedition Act of 1918
Specificaties
Gebonden, blz.
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Engels
Palgrave Macmillan UK |
e druk, 2012
ISBN13: 9781137030597
Rubricering
Levertijd ongeveer 8 werkdagen
Samenvatting
Freedom of speech is a tradition distinctive to American political culture, and this book focuses on major debates and discourses that shaped this tradition. It sheds fresh light on key Congressional debates in the early American Republic, developing and applying an approach to fallacy theory suitable to the study of political discourse.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9781137030597
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:gebonden
Uitgever:Palgrave Macmillan UK
Inhoudsopgave
Introduction Informal Fallacies in Two Procedural Debates on the Bill of Rights in the Summer of 1789 The Decision of August 13, 1789 Divisions of Freedom of Speech: Debates of November 1794 Freedom of Speech under Threat: the Sedition Act of 1798 Contesting and Defeating the Sedition Act of 1798 '[T]his most unnecessary, unjust, and disgraceful war': Attacks on the Madison Administration in Federalist Newspapers during the War of 1812 Woodrow Wilson and the Threat to Freedom of Speech Concluding Observations Notes References Index