Werbel, Amy Beth,

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.



9780231547031

2017049977


Comstock, Anthony, 1844-1915.


New York Society for the Suppression of Vice.


Censorship--History.--United States
Obscenity (Law)--History.--United States


Electronic Books.

HV6705 / .L878 2018