The idea of a free press : the Enlightenment and its unruly legacy / David A. Copeland ; foreword by Daniel Schorr.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Visions of the American press.
Main Author: Copeland, David A., 1951-
Other Authors: Schorr, Daniel, 1916-2010
Language:English
Published: Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2006.
Series:Visions of the American press.
Subjects:
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.
Physical Description:xxiv, 285 pages ; 21 cm.
Format: Book
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.