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Lust on trial : censorship and the rise of American obscenity in the age of Anthony Comstock /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Werbel, Amy Beth (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Comstock, Anthony, > 1844-1915.
New York Society for the Suppression of Vice.
Censorship > United States > History.
Obscenity (Law) > United States > History.
United States > Moral conditions.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 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.