Licentious Gotham
Subtitle: erotic publishing and its prosecution in nineteenth-century New York
By: Donna Dennis.
Publisher: Harvard University Press; Brand: Harvard University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9780674032835
Subjects: Pornography -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century; Pornography -- Law and legislation -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century; Pornography in popular culture -- New York (State) -- New York
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: "Beware of print and fancy goods stores"; title: Flash weeklies; title: Fancy books and racy pamphlets; title: The publishers; title: Venus in the mail; title: The triumph of pornography; title: The Comstock Act; title: New frontiers.