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Author:
Schudson, Michael, author.
Title:
The rise of the right to know : politics and the culture of transparency, 1945-1975 / Michael Schudson.
Publisher:
The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,
Copyright Date:
2015
Description:
348 pages ; 22 cm
Subject:
Freedom of information--United States--History--20th century.
Transparency in government--United States--History--20th century.
Consumer protection--United States--History--20th century.
Environmental impact statements--United States--History--20th century.
USA.
1900 - 1999
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
A cultural right to know -- Origins of the Freedom of Information Act -- The consumer's right to be informed -- Opening up Congress -- The media's presence -- "To let people know in time" -- Transparency in a transformed democracy -- Disclosure and its discontents.
ISBN:
0674744055 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780674744059 (hardcover : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)907204525
LCCN:
2015007935
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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