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The New England Watch and Ward Society / P.C. Kemeny.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Kemeny, Paul Charles (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Subjects:	Watch and Ward Society (Boston, Mass.) > History. Vice control > Massachusetts > Boston > Societies, etc. Vigilance committees > Massachusetts > Boston > History. Censorship > Massachusetts > Boston > History. Protestantism > Massachusetts > Boston > History. Boston (Mass.) > Moral conditions.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
The origins of the New England Society for the Suppression of Vice
The New England Society for the Suppression of Vice: who they were and why they wanted to suppress obscene literature
The Protestant establishment in action
Suppressing the "gambling hell"
The failed campaign against prostitution
The halcyon days of Protestant moral reform
The demise of Protestant moral reform politics
Epilogue.