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01749aam a2200373Ka 4500 001 D9A22112C59D11E188F7F9E06AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20120704010152 008 111115s2011 mau 000 0 eng d 020 $a 080705111X (paperback ed.) 020 $a 9780807051115 (paperback ed.) 035 $a (OCoLC)761094494 040 $a TMJ $c TMJ $d SILO $d NhCcYME $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 043 $a n-us-ma 050 00 $a HV6795.B7 $b M55 2011 050 00 $a HV6795.B7 $b M55 2011 100 1 $a Miller, Neil, $d 1945- 245 1 $a Banned in Boston : $b the Watch and Ward Society's crusade against books, burlesque, and the social evil / $c Neil Miller. 260 $a Boston : $b Beacon Press, $c c2011. 300 $a xi, 209 p. ; $c 22 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a 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." 610 20 $a Watch and Ward Society (Boston, Mass.) $x History. 650 0 $a Vigilance committees $z Boston $z Boston $x History. 650 0 $a Social control $z Boston $z Boston $x History. 650 0 $a Corruption $z Boston $z Boston $x History. 650 0 $a Censorship $z Boston $z Boston $x History. 650 0 $a Sex-oriented businesses $z Boston $z Boston $x History. 651 0 $a Boston (Mass.) $x Social conditions $y 19th century. 651 0 $a Boston (Mass.) $x Social conditions $y 20th century. 651 0 $a Boston (Mass.) $x Moral conditions. 941 $a 1 952 $l OIAX792 $d 20120704011815.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D9A22112C59D11E188F7F9E06AFF544EInitiate Another SILO Locator Search