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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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The first edition of Purity in Printdocumented book censorship in America from the 1870s to the 1930s, embedding it within the larger social and cultural history of the time. This second edition adds two new chapters that carry this history forward to the beginning of the twenty-first century.

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  • Subtitle: Book Censorship in America from the Gilded Age to the Computer Age (Print Culture History in Modern America)
  • Media: Paperback Book, 520 pages
  • Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press (April 15, 2002)
  • Edition: 2
  • ISBN-10: 0299175847
  • ISBN-13: 9780299175849
  • Dimensions: 6.36 x 9.2 x 1.19 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.59 lbs
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