Publication

1997 - McFarland & Co., Jefferson, N.C, North Carolina

Language

English

Word Count

48,250 words, Guess

Page Count

193 pages

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL668424M
  • ISBN-100786403705
  • OCLC Control Number36739617
  • Library of Congress Control Number97014213
  • Goodreads2833764
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  • LibraryThing6138990

Classifications

  • DDC342.73/0853
  • LCCKF223.Z4 P87 1997

Description

Peter Zenger was arrested for publishing disparaging remarks about the governor of colonial New York in his newspaper. His subsequent trial defense proved essential for the "freedom of the press" inclusion in the Bill of Rights' First Amendment. Putnam explores the articles in question and their import to colonial government, and how the trial impacted the small-press publisher's life, as well as the precedent's continuing influence on modern law.

Subjects

Topics

HistoryBiographyTrials, litigationNewspaper publishingFreedom of the pressTrials (Seditious libel)Publishers and publishing

Other Editions

  • John Peter Zenger and the fundamental freedomMcFarland & Co.1997-01-01

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