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

Title:

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

Author:

Miller, Neil, 1945-

Format:

Book

Institution:

MassArt

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.

Online access:

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Library holdings:

MassArt Main
HV6795.B7 M55 2010 – Available

• Available Temporarily at MassArt Reserves
  On reserve for LASS 330: Contested Urban Spaces (Humanities: Grinnell)