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 contraceptive devices, information on the sexual rights of women, and "obscene" art and...
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| Format: | eBook Electronic |
| Language: | English |
| Language notes: | English. |
| Imprint: | Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1997. |
| Series: | Princeton studies in American politics.
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| Online Access: | Click here for full text at JSTOR |
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