Freedom of speech and press in early American history : legacy of suppression / Leonard W. Levy ; with a new preface to the Torchbook ed. by the author.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Harper torchbooks | The Academy library ; TB1109Publication details: New York : Harper & Row, 1963.Description: xxviii, 353 p. ; 21 cmSubject(s): LOC classification:
  • JC591 .L2 1963
Contents:
1. Seditious libel versus freedom of expression -- 2. The American colonial experience -- 3. Early English theory : from Milton to "Cato" -- 4. From the Zenger case to the American revolution -- 5. From the revolution to the first amendment -- 6. The emergence of an American libertarian theory -- Appendix : the "psychology of freedom."
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Originally published in 1960 under title: Legacy of suppression.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-339) and index.

1. Seditious libel versus freedom of expression -- 2. The American colonial experience -- 3. Early English theory : from Milton to "Cato" -- 4. From the Zenger case to the American revolution -- 5. From the revolution to the first amendment -- 6. The emergence of an American libertarian theory -- Appendix : the "psychology of freedom."

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