Title Licentious Gotham : erotic publishing and its prosecution in nineteenth-century New York / Donna Dennis.

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Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Moore Stacks	HQ471 .D46 2009	Available	---

Description	vii, 386 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-364) and index.
Contents	"Beware of print and fancy goods stores" -- Flash weeklies -- Fancy books and racy pamphlets -- The publishers -- Venus in the mail -- The triumph of pornography -- The Comstock Act -- New frontiers.
Subject	Pornography -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century.
	Pornography.
	New York (State) -- New York.
	History.
Chronological Term	19th century
Subject	Pornography -- Law and legislation -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century.
	Pornography -- Law and legislation.
	Pornography in popular culture -- New York (State) -- New York.
	Pornography in popular culture.
	Pornography.
ISBN	9780674032835 alkaline paper
	0674032837 alkaline paper