book censorship in America from the Gilded Age to the Computer Age /
First Statement of Responsibility
Paul S. Boyer
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
2nd ed
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Madison, Wis. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
University of Wisconsin Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
c2002
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xxviii, 466 p., [22] p. of plates :
Other Physical Details
ill., ports. ;
Dimensions
cm
SERIES
Series Title
Print culture history in modern America
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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The vice societies in the nineteenth century -- The vice societies in the Progressive Era -- The First World War -- The first postwar clash-1918-22 -- The "Clean Books" crusade -- The latter 1920s -- "Banned in Boston" -- The onslaught against federal censorship -- The thirties -- The shifting rhythms of censorship from the 1950s to the 1970s -- 1980 to the present : symbolic crusades, embattled libraries, feminist interventions, new technologies