Readings in Public Opinion: Its Formation and Control

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William Brooke Graves
D. Appleton, 1928 - Censorship - 1281 pages
 

Contents

CHAPTER XXI
765
Racial Attitudes in Chicago
776
The Demagogues Appeal to Race and Class Prejudice
783
CHAPTER XXII
801
Youth and Reform Bruce Barton
812
The Demagogue
823
The Demagogue in Politics
835
Shakespeares Portrayal of a Demagogue
843
CHAPTER XXIV
859
CHAPTER XXV
884
The Value of Nicknames and Slogans Raymond G Carroll
890
Walter Lippmann
898
CHAPTER XXVI
909
PUBLIC OPINION IN POPULAR LAWMAKING
922
The Use of Publicity Pamphlets
935
CHAPTER XXVII
949
The New York Criminal Anarchy Statute
959
So This Is Liberty
968
CHAPTER XXVIII
988
How the Washington Lobbies Work
1000
Lobbies in the States
1010
MailOrder Legislation
1018
CHAPTER XXIX
1030
The Presidents Signature and Veto of Bills Calvin Coolidge
1037
Executive Influence from 1900 to 1920 Favoring the Creation
1046
CHAPTER XXX
1056
Curbing Crime in the United States Theodore E Burton
1062
Civic Interest and Crime in Cleveland Raymond Moley
1071
The Peril of American Lawlessness Wade Ellis
1078
Miscellaneous Suggestions for Reducing Crime
1093
CHAPTER XXXI
1104
Censoring the Movies Brenda Ueland
1110
Text of a State Censorship Law
1120
Some City Ordinances for Regulating the Moving Pictures
1126
The Philadelphia Board of Theater Control
1133
A Resolution Opposing Legal Censorship of Moving Pictures
1141
CHAPTER XXXII
1171
Ignorance and Lack of Sympathy with Foreign Peoples and Cus
1181
CHAPTER XXXIII
1194
CHAPTER XXXIV
1219
The Press Propaganda and Public Opinion in International
1228
The Making of the International Mind
1242
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Page 208 - Every citizen may freely speak, write, and publish his sentiments on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right; and no law shall be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech or of the press.
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