The First Freedom: A History of Free Speech - Hardcover

Hargreaves, Robert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0750929235 ISBN 13: 9780750929233

Publisher: Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2002

Synopsis

This volume examines the history of free speech, from the execution of Socrates to the writings of Milton, Voltaire and Mill and the struggles of Paine, Wilkes and Cobbett. From its infancy in ancient Athens, Hargreaves offers pen-portraits of the champions of free speech, recounting the story through the people who kept the idea of free speech alive through periods of progress, cataclysmic defeats and centuries of stagnation. His study covers ancient Greece and Rome, Renaissance and Enlightenment Europe and the United States.

About this title

Review:

The first published history of free speech, from Socrates to whistleblowers, brought to life in vivid portraits of key figures by an experienced journalist. This book is essential reading for journalists and for all concerned with or interested in civil liberty.

About the Author:

Robert Hargreaves was Deputy Director of Programmes at the ITC.

About this edition

• Publisher: Sutton Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0750929235
• ISBN 13: 9780750929233
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320