Americans should not just tolerate dissent. They should encourage it. In this provocative and wide-ranging book, Steven Shiffrin makes this case by arguing that
America values dissent. It tolerates, encourages and protects it. But what is this thing we value? That is a question never asked. 'Dissent' is treated as a kno
This concise collection of primary sources presents the story of US History as told by dissenters who, throughout the course of American history, have fought to
When members of the founding generation protested against British authority, debated separation, and then ratified the Constitution, they formed the American po