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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:

c2010

Description:

xi, 209 p. ; 24 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.

Contents:

Prologue: The battle of Brimstone Corner, April 1926 -- Founding fathers, 1878 -- First forays into censorship, 1881-1898 -- Politics, poker, and the "social evil, " 1884-1897 -- Mrs. Glyn and sin, 1903-1909 -- Tough guys and "blue bloods, " 1907-1925 -- New Bedford, 1916 -- The battle of Diamond Hill, 1917-1918 -- Café Society, 1917-1919 -- Corruption fighters, 1913-1924 -- Mencken versus Chase, round 2, 1926 -- Censorship goes wild, 1927-1928 -- Boston, 1929 -- The Dunster Bookshop fiasco, 1929 -- Depression days, 1930-1938 -- This was burlesque, 1931-1953 -- The forties, 1941-1948 -- A kinder, gentler watch and ward, 1948-1967.

ISBN:

0807051128 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780807051122 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)495781122

LCCN:

2010007770

Locations:

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

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)