7. The Comstock Act

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction xi
4. 1. “Beware of Print and Fancy Goods Stores” 12
5. 2. Flash Weeklies 41
6. 3. Fancy Books and Racy Pamphlets 91
7. 4. The Publishers 125
8. 5. Venus in the Mail 165
9. 6. The Triumph of Pornography 197
10. 7. The Comstock Act 236
11. 8. New Frontiers 273
12. Appendix: Titles of Books Named in New York Obscenity Indictments, 1840–1860 305
13. Notes 307
14. Acknowledgments 363
15. Index 367