Table of Contents

Contents List of Illustrations Preface to the Second Edition Acknowledgments to the First Edition Acknowledgments to the Second Edition Introduction to the First Edition One: The Vice Societies in the Nineteenth Century Two: The Vice Socieities in the Progressive Era Three: The First World War Four: The First Postwar Clash - 1918-22 Five: The "Clean Books" Crusade Six: The Latter 1920s Seven: "Banned in Boston" Eight: The Onslaught Against Federal Censorship Nine: The Thirties Ten: The Shifting Rhythms of Censorship from the 1950s to the 1970s Eleven: 1980 to Present: Symbolic Crusades, Embattled Libraries, Feminist Interventions, New Technologies Notes Index