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.