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Banned in Boston: The Watch and Ward So..., Neil Miller
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- ISBN
- 080705111X
- EAN
- 9780807051115
- Date of Publication
- 20110920
- Publication Name
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- Type
- Paperback / softback
- Release Title
- Banned in Boston: The Watch and Ward Society's Crusade Against...
- Artist
- Neil Miller
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- Book Title
- Banned in Boston : The Watch and Ward Society's Crusade Against Books, Burlesque, and the Social Evil
- Item Length
- 8.7in
- Publisher
- Beacon Press
- Publication Year
- 2011
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.7in
- Genre
- History, Social Science, Political Science
- Topic
- United States / State & Local / New England (Ct, mA, Me, NH, Ri, VT), United States / State & Local / General, Sociology / General, Censorship, Violence in Society, Criminology, Sociology / Urban, Prostitution & Sex Trade
- Item Width
- 5.8in
- Item Weight
- 11.8 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 224 Pages
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A lively history of the Watch and Ward Society--New England's notorious literary censor for over eighty years. Banned in Boston is the first-ever history of the Watch and Ward Society--once Boston's unofficial moral guardian. An influential watchdog organization, bankrolled by society's upper crust, it actively suppressed vices like gambling and prostitution, and oversaw the mass censorship of books and plays. A spectacular romp through the Puritan City, here Neil Miller relates the scintillating story of how a powerful band of Brahmin moral crusaders helped make Boston the most straitlaced city in America, forever linked with the infamous catchphrase "banned in Boston."
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Publisher
Beacon Press
ISBN-10
080705111x
ISBN-13
9780807051115
eBay Product ID (ePID)
13038451605
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Book Title
Banned in Boston : The Watch and Ward Society's Crusade Against Books, Burlesque, and the Social Evil
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
United States / State & Local / New England (Ct, mA, Me, NH, Ri, VT), United States / State & Local / General, Sociology / General, Censorship, Violence in Society, Criminology, Sociology / Urban, Prostitution & Sex Trade
Publication Year
2011
Genre
History, Social Science, Political Science
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.7in
Item Height
0.7in
Item Width
5.8in
Item Weight
11.8 Oz
Additional Product Features
Reviews
“With precision, perception, and wry wit, Neil Miller serves up a juicy tale of censorship past. From sex, drugs, and a swearing parrot to almost anything French, Banned in Boston demonstrates that campaigns to save us from ourselves never go out of fashion.� -Nan Levinson, author of Outspoken: Free Speech Stories “A lively history of the notorious Watch and Ward Society, which for a century sought to establish decency by suppressing ‘obscene’ works by authors such as Boccaccio, Whitman, Dreiser, Faulkner, and Mencken. This is a must read for anyone interested in understanding how censorship ultimately destroys not indecency, but freedom.� -Geoffrey R. Stone, author of Perilous Times: Free Speech in Wartime from the Sedition Act of 1798 to the War on Terrorism “I read this book with one eye over my shoulder, fully expecting the Watch and Ward police to burst in and confiscate it for being too provocative! But it would have been worth it. Neil Miller has given us everything we could ask for in an enjoyable history-a revealing subject, well-drawn characters, and a colorful portrait of another era, all wrapped in a fast-paced, easy-to-read story. Banned in Boston is a Boston gem.� -Stephen Puleo, author of A City So Grand , The Boston Italians , and Dark Tide “Neil Miller has created a fascinating and often funny history of a time when censors ruled. The fight for artistic freedom in America begins in Boston, and Miller gives us a front-row seat.� -Christopher M. Finan, president of the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression and author of From the Palmer Raids to the Patriot Act: A History of the Fight for Free Speech in America
Table of Content
Prologue The Battle of Brimstone Corner, April 1926 Part I: Early Days Chapter 1 Founding Fathers, 1878 Chapter 2 First Forays into Censorship, 1881-1898 Chapter 3 Politics, Poker and the "Social Evil" Chapter 4 Mrs. Glyn and Sin, 1903-1909 Chapter 5 Tough Guys and "Blue Bloods," 1907-1925 Part II: The Watch and Ward Go to War Chapter 6 New Bedford, 1916 Chapter 7 The Battle of Diamond Hill, 1917-1918 Chapter 8 Café Society, 1917-1919 Chapter 9 Corruption Fighters, 1913-1924 Part III: Decline and Fall Chapter 10 Mencken versus Chase, Round 2, 1926 Chapter 11 Censorship Goes Wild, 1927-1928 Chapter 12 Boston, 1929 Chapter 13 The Dunster Bookshop Fiasco, 1929 Chapter 14 Depression Days, 1930-1938
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363.409744/61
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Trade
Dewey Edition
22
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