000350518 000__ 02021cam\a2200361\a\4500 000350518 001__ 350518 000350518 005__ 20210513125721.0 000350518 008__ 100303s2010\\\\mau\\\\\\b\\\\001\0\eng\\ 000350518 010__ $$a 2010007770 000350518 020__ $$a9780807051122 (alk. paper) 000350518 020__ $$a0807051128 (alk. paper) 000350518 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn495781122 000350518 035__ $$a350518 000350518 040__ $$aDLC$$cDLC$$dBTCTA$$dYDXCP$$dC#P$$dBWX$$dRCJ$$dCDX 000350518 043__ $$an-us-ma 000350518 049__ $$aISEA 000350518 05000 $$aHV6795.B7$$bM55 2010 000350518 08200 $$a363.409744/61$$222 000350518 1001_ $$aMiller, Neil,$$d1945- 000350518 24510 $$aBanned in Boston :$$bthe Watch and Ward Society's crusade against books, burlesque, and the social evil /$$cNeil Miller. 000350518 260__ $$aBoston :$$bBeacon Press,$$cc2010. 000350518 300__ $$axi, 209 p. ;$$c24 cm. 000350518 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000350518 5050_ $$aPrologue: The battle of Brimstone Corner, April 1926 -- Founding fathers, 1878 -- First forays into censorship, 1881-1898 -- Politics, poker, and the "social evil, " 1884-1897 -- Mrs. Glyn and sin, 1903-1909 -- Tough guys and "blue bloods, " 1907-1925 -- New Bedford, 1916 -- The battle of Diamond Hill, 1917-1918 -- Café Society, 1917-1919 -- Corruption fighters, 1913-1924 -- Mencken versus Chase, round 2, 1926 -- Censorship goes wild, 1927-1928 -- Boston, 1929 -- The Dunster Bookshop fiasco, 1929 -- Depression days, 1930-1938 -- This was burlesque, 1931-1953 -- The forties, 1941-1948 -- A kinder, gentler watch and ward, 1948-1967. 000350518 61020 $$aWatch and Ward Society (Boston, Mass.)$$xHistory. 000350518 650_0 $$aVigilance committees$$zMassachusetts$$zBoston$$xHistory. 000350518 650_0 $$aSocial control$$zMassachusetts$$zBoston$$xHistory. 000350518 650_0 $$aCorruption$$zMassachusetts$$zBoston$$xHistory. 000350518 650_0 $$aCensorship$$zMassachusetts$$zBoston$$xHistory. 000350518 650_0 $$aSex-oriented businesses$$zMassachusetts$$zBoston$$xHistory. 000350518 651_0 $$aBoston (Mass.)$$xSocial conditions$$y19th century. 000350518 651_0 $$aBoston (Mass.)$$xSocial conditions$$y20th century. 000350518 651_0 $$aBoston (Mass.)$$xMoral conditions. 000350518 85200 $$bgen$$hHV6795.B7$$iM55$$i2010 000350518 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:350518$$pGLOBAL_SET 000350518 980__ $$aBIB 000350518 980__ $$aBOOK