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Purity in Print: Book Censorship in America from the Gilded Age to the Computer Age (Print Culture History in Modern America)

Paul S. Boyer

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Description:The first edition of Purity in Print documented book censorship in America from the 1870s to the 1930s, embedding it within the larger social and cultural history of the time. In this second edition, Boyer adds two new chapters carrying his history forward to the beginning of the twenty-first century."Paul Boyer is one of America's most distinguished cultural historians. . . . Taking the censors of an earlier day seriously and getting beyond the caricature of Anthony Comstock, Purity in Print remains one of the most important books on censorship in the United States."—Carl Kaestle, Brown University, co-editor of The History of the Book in America, Volume IV"Boyer . . . writes with insight and sophisticated wit . . . [about] the emergence of courageous and controversial publishers after World War I, the effect of Nazi book burnings, and the failure or reticence of librarians . . . to be in the anti-censorship vanguard. . . . The best literary, social, and ethical history of [book censorship in] the U.S."—ChoiceWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Purity in Print: Book Censorship in America from the Gilded Age to the Computer Age (Print Culture History in Modern America). To get started finding Purity in Print: Book Censorship in America from the Gilded Age to the Computer Age (Print Culture History in Modern America), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: The first edition of Purity in Print documented book censorship in America from the 1870s to the 1930s, embedding it within the larger social and cultural history of the time. In this second edition, Boyer adds two new chapters carrying his history forward to the beginning of the twenty-first century."Paul Boyer is one of America's most distinguished cultural historians. . . . Taking the censors of an earlier day seriously and getting beyond the caricature of Anthony Comstock, Purity in Print remains one of the most important books on censorship in the United States."—Carl Kaestle, Brown University, co-editor of The History of the Book in America, Volume IV"Boyer . . . writes with insight and sophisticated wit . . . [about] the emergence of courageous and controversial publishers after World War I, the effect of Nazi book burnings, and the failure or reticence of librarians . . . to be in the anti-censorship vanguard. . . . The best literary, social, and ethical history of [book censorship in] the U.S."—ChoiceWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Purity in Print: Book Censorship in America from the Gilded Age to the Computer Age (Print Culture History in Modern America). To get started finding Purity in Print: Book Censorship in America from the Gilded Age to the Computer Age (Print Culture History in Modern America), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Purity in Print: Book Censorship in America from the Gilded Age to the Computer Age (Print Culture History in Modern America)

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