| Discourses of Freedom of Speech: From the Enactment of the Bill of Rights to the Sedition Act of 1918 2012 Edition Contributor(s): Rudanko, J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1349440515 ISBN-13: 9781349440511 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Sociolinguistics - Language Arts & Disciplines | Speech & Pronunciation - Political Science | Constitutions |
| Dewey: 342.730 |
| Physical Information: 0.48" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.60 lbs) 201 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |