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Licentious Gotham: Erotic Publishing and Its Prosecution in Nineteenth-Century New York Donna Dennis
Licentious Gotham: Erotic Publishing and Its Prosecution in Nineteenth-Century New York
Donna Dennis
Set in the streets, news depots, publishing houses, grand jury chambers, and courtrooms of New York, this book delves into the stories of the enterprising people who created a thriving transcontinental market for sexually arousing books and pictures, and into the origins of obscenity regulation in the U. S.
408 pages, 24 halftones
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | March 1, 2009 |
| ISBN13 | 9780674032835 |
| Publishers | Harvard University Press |
| Pages | 408 |
| Dimensions | 147 × 217 × 33 mm · 614 g |
| Language | English |