[share_ebook] Silencing the Opposition: Government Strategies of Suppression of Freedom of Expression

Comprises seven essays which together seek to examine the crises the First Amendment has faced since its passage. Contributors, all communications scholars, address the following issues: the Hamiltonian Federalists; Lincoln and "Habeas Corpus"; the radical Republicans; suppression of Native American culture; silencing the union movement; the McCarthy era; and press, protest, and the presidency during the Vietnam war.