Displaying 1 of 1 2021 Title: Dangerous ideas : a brief history of censorship in the West, from the ancients to fake news Author: Berkowitz, Eric, author. Format: Book Publisher, Date: Boston : Beacon Press, [2021] Description: 308 pages ; 24 cm 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. Subjects: Censorship -- Western countries -- History. Freedom of the press -- Western countries -- History. Freedom of speech -- Western countries -- History. 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 : the early twentieth century -- Screaming at the crowd in the contemporary era. ISBN 9780807036242 Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Find It Map It Suggestions and more Large Cover Image Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1
