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1 online resource (xi, 319 pages) |
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Book collections on Project MUSE
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Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. Knowledge Taxes in England; Early Methods of Press Control; The Taxes on Knowledge; The English Heritage; 2. Knowledge Taxes from the Colonial Period Through Ratification of the First Amendment; The Pre-Revolutionary Experience; Ratification of the First Amendment; Conclusion; 3. Federal Knowledge Taxes in Nineteenth-Century America; The Federal Advertising Tax, 1862-67; The Federal Paper Tax; Conclusion; 4. State and Municipal Knowledge Taxes in Nineteenth-Century America; Knowledge Taxes in Virginia; Knowledge Taxes in Texas |
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Knowledge Taxes in MassachusettsKnowledge Taxes in Illinois; 5. Knowledge Taxes in Nineteenth-Century America: Observations at the End of the Print Era; 6. Knowledge Taxes in Twentieth-Century America; The Dawn of a New Age of Technology; Sales and Use Taxation to Mid-Century; State Knowledge Taxation in a Changing Environment: The Massachusetts and Illinois Experiences; The Illinois and Massachusetts Experiences: Reflections at the Dawn of a New Era; 7. Beyond the Traditional Setting: Knowledge Taxation in New Environments; Some Preliminary and General Considerations |
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Taxation of Broadcast and CableTaxation of Telecommunication and Computer Technology; Looking Forward; 8. The Postal System; Introduction; A Concise History of the Postal System and the Rates of Postage; Postal Rates and the Taxation of Knowledge; 9. Developing Doctrine in the Supreme Court: Some Lessons from History; Knowledge Taxes and Freedom of the Press: The Minneapolis Star & Tribune Case; Knowledge Taxation Revisited in a Larger Framework: Leathers v. Medlock; Knowledge Taxation and the Constitution: Minneapolis Star, Ragland, Leathers, and Beyond; 10. The Perspectives of History |
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Selected BibliographyTable of Cases; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; R; S; T; U; V; W |
| Summary |
In Taxes on Knowledge in America, Randall P. Bezanson explores the extent to which the publication and distribution of current public information is effected by economic exactions. The book begins with a brief overview of the English history and experience with knowledge taxes, before turning to a discussion of knowledge taxes in America from colonial times to the present. In addition to covering traditional printed publications, Bezanson looks at recent developments in broadcast and cable telecommunications, devotes a chapter to the history of the postal system, and gleans insight from three benchmark Supreme Court decisions. Bezanson provocatively concludes that knowledge is common property and knowledge taxes should be measured by their impact on the diversity of ideas and availability of information throughout society |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-308) and index |
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Stamp duties -- United States -- History
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Censorship -- United States -- History
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Press law -- United States -- History
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LAW -- Military.
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LAW -- Civil Procedure.
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LAW -- Legal Services.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- Judicial Branch.
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Censorship
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Press law
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Stamp duties
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Presse
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Steuerrecht
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Geschichte
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Pressezensur
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United States
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USA
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History
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Electronic book
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| LC no. |
93044447 |
| ISBN |
058512647X |
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9780585126470 |
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1512802794 |
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9781512802795 |
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