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

Author

Miller, Neil, 1945-

Title

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

Format

Book

Published

Boston : Beacon Press, c2010.

Description

xi, 209 p. ; 24 cm.

Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Summary

In this spectacular romp through the Puritan City, 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."

Subject headings

Watch and Ward Society (Boston, Mass.)--History. Social control--Massachusetts--Boston--History. Vigilance committees--Massachusetts--Boston--History. Corruption--Massachusetts--Boston--History. Censorship--Massachusetts--Boston--History. Sex industry--Massachusetts--Boston--History. Boston (Mass.)--Social conditions--19th century. Boston (Mass.)--Social conditions--20th century. Boston (Mass.)--Moral conditions.

ISBN

9780807051122 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0807051128 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780807051115 080705111X