Dabhoiwala, Fara,   1969- <br/><br/>
What is free speech? :  the history of a dangerous idea / 
Fara Dabhoiwala. 
 - First Harvard University Press edition. 
 - vii, 472 pages ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>The Power of Speech -- Tolerating Words -- Inventing Free Speech -- The Shapes of Freedom -- Enlightened Experiments -- The Accidental Exceptionalism of the First Amendment -- Legitimate and Illegitimate Expressions -- Imperial Entanglements -- Colonial and Postcolonial Unfreedoms -- The Marketplace of Ideas -- Afterword: From the Past to the Future. 
<br/><br/> "Faramerz Dabhoiwala argues that free speech, though a central democratic value, owes its origin and evolution less to high-minded ideals than to venal interests. Shaped by greed, technological change, and the insoluble challenges of slander and falsehood, free speech is inherently contradictory-both a basis of liberty and a weapon of the powerful."-- Provided by publisher. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780674987319 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2024059243 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Freedom of speech--History<br/>Freedom of speech--History--English-speaking countries
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JC591  / D111w 2025 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>323.44/309