1st Edition
The Struggle for Free Speech in the United States, 1872-1915 Edward Bliss Foote, Edward Bond Foote, and Anti-Comstock Operations
By Janice Ruth Wood
Copyright 2008
156 Pages
by
Routledge
156 Pages
by
Routledge
156 Pages
by
Routledge
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Passed in 1873, the Comstock Act banned 'obscene' materials from the mail without defining obscenity, leaving it open to interpretation by courts that were hostile to free speech. Literature that reflected changing attitudes toward sexuality, religion, and social institutions fell victim to the Comstock Act and related state laws. Dr. Edward Bliss Foote became among the earliest individuals... Read more
Chapter One: Introduction
Chapter Two: Historical Background
Chapter Three: Legal Encounters with Comstock
Chapter Four: Free-Speech Organizational Activities
Chapter Five: Personal Involvement in Free-Speech Cases
Chapter Six: Conclusions
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Biography
As a media professional for 15 years, Janice Wood worked in newspaper journalism and corporate communication in her native Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina. She now teaches in Texas Christian University’s Schieffer School of Journalism.
