Imperiled innocents : Anthony Comstock and family reproduction in Victorian America /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Beisel, Nicola Kay
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1997.
Series:Princeton studies in American politics.
Subjects:
Comstock, Anthony, > 1844-1915.
Comstock, Anthony, > 1844-1915
Comstock, Anthony.
1800-1918
Child rearing > Moral and ethical aspects.
Censorship > United States > History > 19th century.
Social mobility > United States.
Morals > history
Éducation des enfants > Aspect moral.
Mobilité sociale > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
Censorship
Child rearing > Moral and ethical aspects
Manners and customs
Moral conditions
Social mobility
Sozialreform
Familie
Gezinsvorming.
Sociale moraal.
Censuur.
Vooroordelen.
United States > Moral conditions > History > 19th century.
United States > Social life and customs > 1865-1918.
États-Unis > Mœurs et coutumes > 1865-1918.
United States
United States > Moral conditions > History > 19th century
Child rearing > Moral and ethical aspects
Censorship > United States > History > 19th century
Social mobility > United States
United States > Social life and customs > 1865-1918
Comstock, Anthony, 1844-1915
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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