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Author:

Werbel, Amy Beth, author.

Title:

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

Publisher:

Columbia University Press,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

xii, 391 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

ISBN:

0231175221
9780231175227

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1006517300

LCCN:

2017042441

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)