Dangerous ideas : a brief history of censorship in the West, from the ancients to fake news / Eric B...
Dangerous ideas : a brief history of censorship in the West, from the ancients to fake news / Eric B...
Dangerous ideas : a brief history of censorship in the West, from the ancients to fake news / Eric Berkowitz.
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Publisher
Boston : Beacon Press, [2021]
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G 2021/0236
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Language
English
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Physical content
308 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Helping God along : speech suppression in the ancient world -- The fire cure : censorship from late antiquity to Gutenberg -- The printquakes of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries -- Revolution and control in the eighteenth century -- Class warfare in the nineteenth century -- Trouble in mind :...
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Publisher
Boston : Beacon Press, [2021]
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
[2021]
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Summary
"A fascinating examination of how restricting speech has continuously shaped our culture, and how censorship is used as a tool to prop up authorities and maintain class and gender disparities"-- Provided by publisher.
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Dangerous ideas : a brief history of censorship in the West, from the ancients to fake news / Eric Berkowitz.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2021
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G 2021/0236
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74VKa7OLA40d
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKa7OLA40d
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ISBN
0807036242
9780807036242
DDC
363.31
MMS ID
991024384208302626
