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The flash press : sporting male weeklies in 1840s New York

Title
The flash press : sporting male weeklies in 1840s New York / Patricia Cline Cohen, Timothy J. Gilfoyle, and Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz ; in association with the American Antiquarian Society.
Author
Cohen, Patricia Cline.
Publication
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.
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  • Contributor biographical information
  • Publisher description

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Additional Authors
  • Gilfoyle, Timothy J.
  • Horowitz, Helen Lefkowitz.
  • American Antiquarian Society.
Description
278 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Historical studies of urban America
Uniform Title
Historical studies of urban America.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Pt. I. The Flash Press -- 1. Beginnings: Rivalry and Satire -- 2. Sexual Politics -- 3. Trials and Tribulations -- 4. Legacies -- Pt. II. Flash Press Excerpts -- 1. Purposes -- 2. Libertinism -- 3. Brothel Life -- 4. Heterosexuality -- 5. Gossip, Vituperation, and Blackmail -- 6. Racism, Anti-Amalgamation -- 7. Homosexuality -- 8. Indictments -- 9. Sports and Theater in the Flash World -- 10. The Illustrations of John H. Manning.
ISBN
  • 9780226112336 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0226112330 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780226112343 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0226112349 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
  • 2007039994
  • 40015332233
OCLC
  • ocn173509415
  • 173509415
  • SCSB-5401074
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Columbia University Libraries