Discourses of Freedom of Speech From the Enactment of the Bill of Rights to the Sedition Act of 1918
Description
Freedom of speech is a tradition distinctive to American political culture, and this book focuses on major debates and discourses that shaped this tradition. It sheds fresh light on key Congressional debates in the early American Republic, developing and applying an approach to fallacy theory suitable to the study of political discourse.
Keywords
HistoryAmericas (North, Central, South, West Indies)Language Arts & DisciplinesLinguisticsSociolinguisticsUnited StatesPolitical ScienceHistory & Theory
2012Book
Author(s)Martti Juhani Rudanko
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9781137030597
LanguageEnglish
