The First Freedom: A History of Free Speech [Illustrated] [Hardcover]

Robert Hargreaves (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 25, 2003

This book tackles the subject of free speech and the people who kept free speech alive through periods of progress, cataclysmic defeats and centuries of stagnation.

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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.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: Sutton Publishing; illustrated edition edition (January 25, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0750929235
• ISBN-13: 978-0750929233
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.3 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,113,308 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars About time too!, May 22, 2003

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Paul Youlten (Europe) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The First Freedom: A History of Free Speech (Hardcover)

After reading histories of everything from tulips to clocks and sugar cane to fish it was a huge relief to find this book.

Lucid, intelligent, well paced - I learned more about myself and the world I live in than anything else I have read in a very long time.

Anyone interested in what it means to be human should buy and read this well written, beautifully constructed and erudite (but very readable) book

I have already given my copy away to someone else and will not begrudge having to buy another copy for myself.