Speakers' Corner - Debate, Democracy and Disturbing the Peace (Paperback)

Speakers' Corner is a unique look at the people who come to argue, discuss and preach at Speakers' Corner in London's Hyde Park, regarded worldwide as the home of free speech. Many of the photographs, taken on Sunday afternoons stretching back almost four decades and published here for the first time, are accompanied by excerpts of speeches, heckles, arguments and debates which are, by turns, intriguing, shocking, politically incorrect - and often very funny. In an age in which broadcasters and newspaper editors largely set the parameters of public discussion, such unmediated face-to-face public debate is rare and offers a very different perspective on 'public opinion'. The speakers and hecklers recorded here, whether serious or light-hearted, religious or profane, are the vibrant heirs of the nineteenth-century campaigners who fought for, and won, the rights to freedom of expression and assembly - vital elements of our democratic tradition.

General

Imprint:	The History Press Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 2015
First published:	2015
Authors:	Philip Wolmuth
Dimensions:	226 x 248 x 9mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	120
ISBN-13:	978-0-7509-6106-6
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > Freedom of information & freedom of speech Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	0-7509-6106-6
Barcode:	9780750961066

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