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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Beisel, Nicola Kay
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1997.
Colección:Princeton studies in American politics.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.