Lust on trial : censorship and the rise of American obscenity in the age of Anthony Comstock /
Amy Werbel.
- New York : Columbia University Press, (c)2018.
- 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction -- Anthony Comstock, from Canaan to Gotham -- Onward Christian soldiers: creating the industry and infrastructure of American vice suppression -- Taming America's "rich" and "racy" underbelly (volume I: 1871-1884) -- Artists, libertarians, and lawyers unite: the rise of the resistance (volume II: 1884-1895) -- New women, new technology, and the demise of Comstockery (volume III: 1895-1915) -- Conclusion: post mortem.
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Comstock, Anthony, 1844-1915.
New York Society for the Suppression of Vice.
Censorship--History.--United States Obscenity (Law)--History.--United States