Beaver Street: A History of Modern Pornography [NOOK Book]

Read it, you'll enjoy this fast paced intelligent ride!

Although reading a book on pornography is not something I'd normally do, once I started Beaver Street, I couldn’t put it down. It’s an autobiographical adventure, and it carried me along on a tantalizing ride into an industry that I knew little about. It’s also an historical account and an important source of information for what is now an online empire without any standards and which nobody has any control over. Yes, there always has been and always will be pornography. But 20 years ago, before the internet, it was not as exploitative or violent, and it didn’t have the negative impact on society that it has today. I discovered so many intriguing layers of players, each one with a unique take on the subject. There are executives trying to legitimize a raw industry. There are critics and government officials trying to sanction and control an uncontrollable business, often with comical results. There are the mechanics of a porn shoot and so much more. In summary, read Beaver Street, but don't judge it anymore than you would any other honest, historically significant work. It's about where we were and what we've become.

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Although reading a book on pornography is not something I'd norm

Although reading a book on pornography is not something I'd normally do, once I started Beaver Street, I couldn’t put it down. It’s an autobiographical adventure, and it carried me along on a tantalizing ride into an industry that I knew little about. It’s also an historical account and an important source of information for what is now an online empire without any standards and which nobody has any control over. Yes, there always has been and always will be pornography. But 20 years ago, before the internet, it was not as exploitative or violent, and it didn’t have the negative impact on society that it has today. I discovered so many intriguing layers of players, each one with a unique take on the subject. There are executives trying to legitimize a raw industry. There are critics and government officials trying to sanction and control an uncontrollable business, often with comical results. There are the mechanics of a porn shoot and so much more. In summary, read Beaver Street, but don't judge it anymore than you would any other honest, historically significant work. It's about where we were and what we've become.

Moderately interesting at best.

Mr. Rosen tells his personal history which was primarily inside the porn magazine world. There is very little insight into the people who worked in the trade beyond the editors and publishers of the various magazines. If you are interested in the backstory of the actors and actresses, find another source.

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