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Provides an account of the history of the hate speech controversy in the US. This title examines the issue, from the conflicts over the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s and American Nazi groups in the 1930s, to the famous Skokie episode in 1977-78, and the campus culture wars of the 1990s.

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"An original contribution to the literature not just of hate speech but of modern First Amendment issues generally... This is a fine piece of work; it deserves wide attention."-Kermit L. Hall, editor of The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States -- Kermit L. Hall

Hate Speech The History of an American

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      Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/02/1994
      ISBN13: 9780803297517, 978-0803297517
      ISBN10: 0803297513

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      Book Synopsis
      Provides an account of the history of the hate speech controversy in the US. This title examines the issue, from the conflicts over the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s and American Nazi groups in the 1930s, to the famous Skokie episode in 1977-78, and the campus culture wars of the 1990s.

      Trade Review
      "An original contribution to the literature not just of hate speech but of modern First Amendment issues generally... This is a fine piece of work; it deserves wide attention."-Kermit L. Hall, editor of The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States -- Kermit L. Hall

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