The idea of a free press : the Enlightenment and its unruly legacy

Publication Data

• Title The idea of a free press : the Enlightenment and its unruly legacy
• Author David A. Copeland
• Contributor Daniel Schorr
• Publisher Northwestern University Press
• Publication date 2006
• Publication location Evanston, Ill.
• Language English

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.

Topics

• 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

The idea of a free press : the Enlightenment and its unruly legacy by David A. Copeland. ISBN 0810123290. Published by Northwestern University Press in 2006. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.