A lively history of the Watch and Ward Society--New England's notorious literary censor for over eighty years.
Banned in Boston is the first-ever history of the Watch and Ward Society--once Boston's unofficial moral guardian. An influential watchdog organization, bankrolled by society's upper crust, it actively suppressed vices like gambling and prostitution, and oversaw the mass censorship of books and plays. A spectacular romp through the Puritan City, here Neil Miller relates the scintillating story of how a powerful band of Brahmin moral crusaders helped make Boston the most straitlaced city in America, forever linked with the infamous catchphrase "banned in Boston."
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Prologue
The Battle of Brimstone Corner, April 1926
Part I: Early Days
Chapter 1
Founding Fathers, 1878
Chapter 2
First Forays into Censorship, 1881– 1898
Chapter 3
Politics, Poker and the “ Social Evil”
Chapter 4
Mrs. Glyn and Sin, 1903– 1909
Chapter 5
Tough Guys and “ Blue Bloods, ” 1907– 1925
Part II: The Watch and Ward Go to War
Chapter 6
New Bedford, 1916
Chapter 7
The Battle of Diamond Hill, 1917– 1918
Chapter 8
Café Society, 1917– 1919
Chapter 9
Corruption Fighters, 1913– 1924
Part III: Decline and Fall
Chapter 10
Mencken versus Chase, Round 2, 1926
Chapter 11
Censorship Goes Wild, 1927– 1928
Chapter 12
Boston, 1929
Chapter 13
The Dunster Bookshop Fiasco, 1929
Chapter 14
Depression Days, 1930– 1938
