| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 312 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, portraits |
| Contents |
Skunk at the garden party -- Unlucky crusader -- Disillusionment in democracy -- Synthetic dead cats -- Highest intellect ever -- Restless searchlights -- The glorious, mischievous first amendment -- The right to be let alone -- Resurrecting free speech -- Is bigness badness? -- Gadgeteer -- Beguiling the dragon -- Consider yourself pedestaled -- All great problems are insoluble -- Jefferson's epitaph -- Gentleman's "C" -- The Luce that laid the golden egg -- From target to canon -- Democracy on the skids |
| Summary |
"The story behind the 1940s Commission on Freedom of the Press--groundbreaking then, timelier than ever now"--Publisher's description |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
In English |
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Online resource; title from resource home page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed December 18, 2020) |
| Subject |
Luce, Henry R., 1898-1967
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Hutchins, Robert Maynard, 1899-1977.
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Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1892-1971.
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| SUBJECT |
Hutchins, Robert Maynard, 1899-1977 fast |
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Luce, Henry R., 1898-1967 fast |
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Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1892-1971 fast |
| Subject |
Commission on Freedom of the Press -- History
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| SUBJECT |
Commission on Freedom of the Press fast |
| Subject |
Freedom of the press -- United States -- History
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Journalism -- Political aspects -- United States
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Media & Internet.
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Freedom of the press
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Journalism -- Political aspects
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780300255799 |
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0300255799 |
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0300111894 |
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9780300111897 |
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