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The great dissent

how Oliver Wendell Holmes changed his mind-- and changed the history of free speech in America

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An edition of The great dissent (2013)

The great dissent

how Oliver Wendell Holmes changed his mind-- and changed the history of free speech in America

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Based on newly discovered letters and memos, this riveting scholarly history of the conservative justice who became a free-speech advocate and established the modern understanding of the First Amendment reconstructs his journey from free-speech skeptic to First Amendment hero.

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English
Pages
322

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Subjects
Trials (Anarchy), Trials, litigation, Freedom of speech, History, Holmes, oliver wendell, 1841-1935, Trials, united states, Anarchism, Judicial process, New York Times reviewed, Holmes, oliver wendell, jr., 1841-1935
People
Oliver Wendell Holmes (1841-1935), J. Abrams (1886-1953)
Places
United States, New York (State), New York
Times
20th century

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Great Dissent: How Oliver Wendell Holmes Changed His Mind - And Changed the History of Free Speech in America
2014, Picador
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Great Dissent: How Oliver Wendell Holmes Changed His Mind--And Changed the History of Free Speech in America
2013, Holt & Company, Henry
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The great dissent: how Oliver Wendell Holmes changed his mind-- and changed the history of free speech in America
2013
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Table of Contents

Prologue: an unexpected visit
Train fever
A smart chap
The habit of intolerance
Catspawned
The old ewe and the half-bakes
"He shoots so quickly"
Defending sophistries
Dangerous men
"They know not what they do"
The red summer
"Workers
wake up!
A plea for help
"Quasi in furore"
Adulation
"Alone at Laski"
Epilogue : "I simply was ignorant."

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-308) and index.

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Dewey Decimal Class
342.7308/53
Library of Congress
KF224.A34 H43 2013

The Physical Object

Pagination
322 pages
Number of pages
322

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OL26887686M
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greatdissenthowo0000heal
ISBN 10
0805094563
ISBN 13
9780805094565
LCCN
2012047539
OCLC/WorldCat
811597495

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