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Author:

Miller, Neil, 1945-

Title:

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

Publisher:

Beacon Press,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

xi, 209 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Watch and Ward Society (Boston, Mass.)--History.
Vigilance committees--Boston--Boston--History.
Social control--Boston--Boston--History.
Corruption--Boston--Boston--History.
Censorship--Boston--Boston--History.
Sex-oriented businesses--Boston--Boston--History.
Boston (Mass.)--Social conditions--19th century.
Boston (Mass.)--Social conditions--20th century.
Boston (Mass.)--Moral conditions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary:

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."

ISBN:

080705111X (paperback ed.)
9780807051115 (paperback ed.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)761094494

Locations:

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)