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Banned in Boston : the Watch and Ward Society's crusade against books, burlesque, and the social evil /

In this spectacular romp through the Puritan City, Neil Miller relates the scintillating story of how a powerful band of Brahmin moral crusaders helped make Boston the most straitlaced city in America, forever linked with the infamous catchphrase "Banned in Boston."

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Miller, Neil, 1945- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Beacon Press, [2010]
Subjects:
Watch and Ward Society (Boston, Mass.) > History.
Vigilance committees > Massachusetts > Boston > History.
Social control > Massachusetts > Boston > History.
Corruption > Massachusetts > Boston > History.
Censorship > Massachusetts > Boston > History.
Sex industry > Massachusetts > Boston > History.
Boston (Mass.) > Social conditions > 19th century.
Boston (Mass.) > Social conditions > 20th century.
Boston (Mass.) > Moral conditions.
Contrôle social > Massachusetts > Boston > Histoire.
Corruption > Massachusetts > Boston > Histoire.
Industrie pornographique > Massachusetts > Boston > Histoire.
Watch and Ward Society (Boston, Mass.)
Censorship
Corruption
Moral conditions
Sex industry
Social control
Social conditions
Vigilance committees
Massachusetts > Boston
Watch and Ward Society
Moral
Zensur
Boston, Mass.
1800-1999
History

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