Includes bibliographical references (p. [473]-538) and index.

Democracy and free expression -- Republican democracy from the Revolution through the Civil War -- Free expression in the early years -- The Sedition Act controversy -- Free expression in the nineteenth century to 1865 -- Republican democracy from Reconstruction through 1920 -- Free expression, American society, and the Supreme Court -- Free expression during the World War I era -- Transition to pluralist democracy -- Pluralist democracy and judicial review -- Free expression, pluralist democracy, and the Supreme Court -- The traditions of dissent and suppression in the pluralist democratic regime -- Open questions.

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