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The New England Watch and Ward Society
- Title
- The New England Watch and Ward Society / P.C. Kemeny.
- Author
- Kemeny, Paul Charles
- Publication
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018.
- [Ann Arbor (Mich.) ] : Sheridan Books, Inc., 2018.
- ©2018.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | HV6795.B7 K47 2018 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xi, 396 pages; 25 cm
- Subject
- Watch and Ward Society (Boston, Mass.) > History
- Watch and Ward Society (Boston, Mass.)
- Vice control > Massachusetts > Boston > Societies, etc
- Vigilance committees > Massachusetts > Boston > History
- Censorship > Massachusetts > Boston > History
- Protestantism > Massachusetts > Boston > History
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Infrastructure
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
- Censorship
- Moral conditions
- Protestantism
- Vigilance committees
- Boston (Mass.) > Moral conditions
- Massachusetts > Boston
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- The origins of the New England Society for the Suppression of Vice -- The New England Society for the Suppression of Vice: who they were and why they wanted to suppress obscene literature -- The Protestant establishment in action -- Suppressing the "gambling hell" -- The failed campaign against prostitution -- The halcyon days of Protestant moral reform -- The demise of Protestant moral reform politics -- Epilogue.
- ISBN
- 9780190844394
- 0190844396
- 9780190844424 (canceled/invalid)
- 9780190844400 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2017014933
- OCLC
- ocn992168079
- 992168079
- SCSB-8938805
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library