American privacy : the 400-year history of our most contested right / / Frederick S. Lane

• Autore: Lane Frederick S. <1963->
• Pubblicazione: Boston, Mass., : Beacon Press, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (302 p.)
• Disciplina: 342.7308/58
• Soggetto topico: Privacy, Right of - United States - History; Government information - United States - History; Confidential communications - United States - History; Data protection - Law and legislation - United States - History; Disclosure of information - Law and legislation - United States; Electronic surveillance - Government policy - United States; Eavesdropping - Government policy - United States
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- American Privacy -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Declaration of Privacy -- 2. Postal Politics, Purity, and Privacy -- 3. Population, Punch Cards, and Privacy -- 4. Privacy in State Courts and Legislatures -- 5. No More Gentlemen: The Rise of Governmental Espionage -- 6. The Peeping Toms of Public Life -- 7. The Great Red Threats to Privacy: Credit Cards and Communism -- 8. Privacy's Golden Hour: The Warren Court -- 9. "Toward Freedom from Fear": The Privacy versus Security Debate Intensifies -- 10. The Phantom Delete Key: The Incredible Durability of Data -- 11. No PC Is an Island: The Rise of Online Communities -- 12. Electronic Exhibitionism and Voyeurism: Privacy in a Webbed World -- Conclusion: The Perilous State of Privacy -- Acknowledgments -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: American privacy
• ISBN: 0-8070-9752-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910821897403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II