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Lust on Trial: Censorship and the Rise of American Obscenity in the Age of Anthony Comstock

By Amy , New York Society for the Suppression of Vice.;Comstock , Anthony;Werbel

Book information

Publisher
Columbia University Press
Year
2018
ISBN
9780231175227, 0231175221
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
33 MB (34400877 bytes)
Pages
408 pages\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
-- 1844-1915;New York Society for the SuppressionAnthonyCensorship;Censorship--United States--History;LAW-

Description

Introduction -- Anthony Comstock, from Canaan to Gotham -- Onward Christian soldiers: creating the industry and infrastructure of American vice suppression -- Taming America's "rich" and "racy" underbelly (volume I: 1871-1884) -- Artists, libertarians, and lawyers unite: the rise of the resistance (volume II: 1884-1895) -- New women, new technology, and the demise of Comstockery (volume III: 1895-1915) -- Conclusion: post mortem.

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