Licentious Gotham : : Erotic Publishing and Its Prosecution in Nineteenth-Century New York / / Donna Dennis.
Licentious Gotham, set in the streets, news depots, publishing houses, grand jury chambers, and courtrooms of the nation’s great metropolis, delves into the stories of the enterprising men and women who created a thriving transcontinental market for sexually arousing books and pictures. The experien...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009] ©2009 |
| Year of Publication: | 2009 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (408 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1. “Beware of Print and Fancy Goods Stores”
- 2. Flash Weeklies
- 3. Fancy Books and Racy Pamphlets
- 4. The Publishers
- 5. Venus in the Mail
- 6. The Triumph of Pornography
- 7. The Comstock Act
- 8. New Frontiers
- Appendix: Titles of Books Named in New York Obscenity Indictments, 1840–1860
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index