Vice capades : sex, drugs, and bowling from the pilgrims to the present / Mark Stein.

By:

Stein, Mark, 1951- [Author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: [Lincoln] : Potomac Books an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, (c)2017.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 281 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrationsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781612349299
9781612349275
9781612349282

Subject(s):

Vice

Genre/Form:

Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

BJ1534 .V534 2017

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Contents:

A "Virtue-ly" New Nation -- "Free at Last" with Liberty and Must-Nots for All Kinds of Stuff -- Careers in Vice for Crusaders and Purveyors -- Vices That Roared between World Wars -- Moola and Ooh-la-la in Burlesque and Film -- A New Power and New Views of Vice -- Think Twice about Vice.

Subject: "From outlawing bowling in colonial America to regulating violent video games and synthetic drugs today, Mark Stein's Vice Capades examines thenation's relationship with the actions, attitudes, and antics that have defined morality. This humorous and quirky history revealsthat our views of vice are formed not merely by morals but by power. While laws against nude dancing have become less restrictive, laws restricting sexual harassment have been enacted. While marijuana is no longer illegal everywhere, restrictive laws have been enacted against cigarettes. Stein examines this nation's inconsistent moral compass and how the powers-that-be in each era determine what is or is not deemed a vice. From the Puritans who founded Massachusetts with unyielding, biblically based lawsto those modern purveyors of morality who currently campaign against video game violence, Vice Capadeslooks at the American history we all know from a fresh and exciting perspective and shows how vice has shaped our nation, sometimes without us even knowing it"-- Subject: "From the founding of Plymouth Colony to the present day, "Vice Capades" looks at our relationship with the actions, attitudes, and antics that have separated morality from depravity"--

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"From outlawing bowling in colonial America to regulating violent video games and synthetic drugs today, Mark Stein's Vice Capades examines thenation's relationship with the actions, attitudes, and antics that have defined morality. This humorous and quirky history revealsthat our views of vice are formed not merely by morals but by power. While laws against nude dancing have become less restrictive, laws restricting sexual harassment have been enacted. While marijuana is no longer illegal everywhere, restrictive laws have been enacted against cigarettes. Stein examines this nation's inconsistent moral compass and how the powers-that-be in each era determine what is or is not deemed a vice. From the Puritans who founded Massachusetts with unyielding, biblically based lawsto those modern purveyors of morality who currently campaign against video game violence, Vice Capadeslooks at the American history we all know from a fresh and exciting perspective and shows how vice has shaped our nation, sometimes without us even knowing it"--

"From the founding of Plymouth Colony to the present day, "Vice Capades" looks at our relationship with the actions, attitudes, and antics that have separated morality from depravity"--

Includes bibliographies and index.

Inheritance -- A "Virtue-ly" New Nation -- "Free at Last" with Liberty and Must-Nots for All Kinds of Stuff -- Careers in Vice for Crusaders and Purveyors -- Vices That Roared between World Wars -- Moola and Ooh-la-la in Burlesque and Film -- A New Power and New Views of Vice -- Think Twice about Vice.

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