Imperiled Innocents : Anthony Comstock and Family Reproduction in Victorian America.
Moral reform movements claiming to protect children began to emerge in the United States over a century ago, most notably when Anthony Comstock and his supporters crusaded to restrict the circulation of contraception, information on the sexual rights of women, and "obscene" art and literat...
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| Other Authors / Creators: | Beisel, Nicola Kay Kay. |
| Format: | eBook Electronic |
| Language: | English |
| Imprint: | Princeton : Princeton University Press, 1997. |
| Series: | Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International, and Comparative Perspectives Ser.
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| Local Note: | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. |
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Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction: Family Reproduction, Children's Morals, and Censorship
- 2. The City, Sexuality, and the Suppression of Abortion and Contraception
- 3. Moral Reform and the Protection of Youth
- 4. Anthony Comstock versus Free Love: Religion, Marriage, and the Victorian Family
- 5. Immigrants, City Politics, and Censorship in New York and Boston
- 6. Censorious Quakers and the Failure of the Anti-Vice Movement in Philadelphia
- 7. Morals versus Art
- 8. Conclusion: Focus on the Family
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index