Banned in Boston : the Watch and Ward Society's crusade against books, burlesque, and the social evil / Neil Miller.
2010
HV6795.B7 M55 2010 (Mapit)
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Banned in Boston : the Watch and Ward Society's crusade against books, burlesque, and the social evil / Neil Miller.
Author
Miller, Neil, 1945-
ISBN
9780807051122 (alk. paper)
0807051128 (alk. paper)
0807051128 (alk. paper)
Imprint
Boston : Beacon Press, c2010.
Language
English
Description
xi, 209 p. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
HV6795.B7 M55 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification
363.409744/61
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of 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.
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.