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Island of vice : Theodore Roosevelt's doomed quest to clean up sin-loving New York /

Recounts the effort by newly appointed police commissioner Theodore Roosevelt to shut down late nineteenth-century New York City's brothels, gambling houses and after-hours saloons.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zacks, Richard
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Doubleday, [2012]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Vice control > New York (State) > New York > History > 19th century.
Roosevelt, Theodore, > 1858-1919.
Police administration > New York (State) > New York > History > 19th century.
New York (N.Y.) > Moral conditions > History > 19th century.
New York (N.Y.) > Social life and customs > 19th century.

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Call Number: HV6795.N5 Z33 2012
 
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