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Banned in Boston the Watch and Ward Society's crusade against books, burlesque, and the social evil
| Title | Banned in Boston the Watch and Ward Society's crusade against books, burlesque, and the social evil |
| Names | Miller, Neil. |
| Book Number | DBC03723 |
| Title Status | Active |
| Medium | Digital Book |
| Annotation | Bankrolled by wealthy Brahmins and governed for eighty years by a complete faith in its righteousness, the thoroughly undemocratic Watch and Ward Society endeavored to keep the Hub of the Universe free from such unwholesome influences as prostitution, gambling, and the novels of Hemingway, Faulkner, and Sinclair Lewis. This is a lively history of censorship in a not-so-distant era, and a cautionary tale for today. |
| Narrator | Rose, Jay. |
| Local Subject | History, United States - HUS |
| History - HST | |
| Adult Book - AD | |
| Adult Non-Fiction - AN | |
| Short Book - SH | |
| Sociology - SOC | |
| Audience Notes | Male narrator. |
| LC Subject | Vigilance committees - Massachusetts - Boston - History |
| Social control - Massachusetts - Boston - History |
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| Corruption - Massachusetts - Boston - History |
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| Censorship - Massachusetts - Boston - History |
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| Sex-oriented businesses - Massachusetts - Boston - History |
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| Boston (Mass.) - Social conditions - 19th century |
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| Boston (Mass.) - Social conditions - 20th century |
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| Boston (Mass.) - Moral conditions |
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| Call Number | 363.40974461 ANF |
| Language | English |
| Released | 2010 |
| Publication Info | Watertown, MA : Perkins Library, Perkins School for the Blind, 2010 |
| Original Publication | Recorded from: Boston : Beacon Press, c2010. |