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Criminal Dissent : Prosecutions under the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 /
The prosecution of dissent under the Alien and Sedition Acts affected far more people than previously realized. It also provoked the first battle over the Bill of Rights. Wendell Bird provides the definitive account of a dark moment in U.S. history, reminding us that expressive freedom and oppositio...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, MA :
Harvard University Press,
[2020]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The prosecution of dissent under the Alien and Sedition Acts affected far more people than previously realized. It also provoked the first battle over the Bill of Rights. Wendell Bird provides the definitive account of a dark moment in U.S. history, reminding us that expressive freedom and opposition politics are essential to a stable democracy. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (512 p.) |
| ISBN: | 9780674243873 9783110690057 |
| Acceso: | restricted access |