An aristocracy of critics : Luce, Hutchins, Niebuhr, and the committee that redefined freedom of the press / Stephen Bates.
| Author/creator | Bates, Stephen, 1958- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | New Haven : Yale University Press, [2020] |
| Description | viii, 312 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Skunk at the garden party -- Unlucky crusader -- Disillusionment in democracy -- Synthetic dead cats -- Highest intellect ever -- Restless searchlights -- The glorious, mischievous first amendment -- The right to be let alone -- Resurrecting free speech -- Is bigness badness? -- Gadgeteer -- Beguiling the dragon -- Consider yourself pedestaled -- All great problems are insoluble -- Jefferson's epitaph -- Gentleman's "C" -- The Luce that laid the golden egg -- From target to canon -- Democracy on the skids. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-295) and index. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| ISBN | 9780300111897 hardcover |
| ISBN | 0300111894 hardcover |