It takes the average reader 3 hours and 40 minutes to read Dissent, Injustice, and the Meanings of America by Steven H. Shiffrin
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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 dissent should be promoted because it lies at the heart of a core American value: free speech. He contends, however, that the country's major institutions--including the Supreme Court and the mass media--wrongly limit dissent. And he reflects on how society and the law should change to encourage nonconformity. Shiffrin is one of the country's leading first-amendment theorists. He advances his dissent-based theory of free speech with...
Dissent, Injustice, and the Meanings of America by Steven H. Shiffrin is 220 pages long, and a total of 55,000 words.
This makes it 74% the length of the average book. It also has 67% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours to read Dissent, Injustice, and the Meanings of America aloud.
Dissent, Injustice, and the Meanings of America is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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