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Purity in print; the vice-society movement and book censorship in America [by] Paul S. Boyer.

Title: Purity in print; the vice-society movement and book censorship in America [by] Paul S. Boyer.
Author: Boyer, Paul S.
Publication: New York, Scribner [1968]

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xxi, 362 p. illus., facsims., ports.; 24 cm.

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Bibliography (note)

Bibliography: p. 341-355.

Processing Action (note)

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Contents

1. The vice societies in the nineteenth century -- 2. The vice societies in the Progressive Era -- 3. The First World War -- 4. The first postwar clash, 1918-22 -- 5. The "clean books" crusade -- 6. The latter 1920s -- 7. "Banned in Boston" -- 8. The onslaught against Federal censorship -- 9. The Thirties.

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^^^68017340^

OCLC

244035
SCSB-10051865

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Harvard Library