02739nam a2200385Ia 4500001001200000003000800012005001700020006001900037007001500056008004100071010001700112020003600129040002100165035002100186050002400207082001800231100002400249245013000273260005900403300003200462490004300494504006600537520109100603533015201694600003501846650004601881650005401927650003601981651006002017651005502077655002902132710001702161830004402178856013102222ebr10031953CaPaEBR20260707174333.0m        u        cr cn|||||||||960430s1997    njua    sb    001 0 eng d  z   96003013   z069102779X (cloth : alk. paper)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)64724386214aHN90.M6bB45 1997eb04a306/.09732201 aBeisel, Nicola Kay.10aImperiled innocentsh[electronic resource] :bAnthony Comstock and family reproduction in Victorian America /cNicola Beisel.  aPrinceton, N.J. :bPrinceton University Press,cc1997.  ax, 275 p. :bill. ;c25 cm.1 aPrinceton studies in American politics  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [255]-268) and index.  aMoral reform movements claiming to protect children began to emerge in the United States over a century ago, most notably when Anthony Comstock and his supporters crusaded to restrict the circulation of contraceptive devices, information on the sexual rights of women, and "obscene" art and literature. Much of their rhetoric influences debates on issues surrounding children and sexuality today. In a book filled with Victorian accounts of pregnant girls, prostitutes, abortionists, Free Lovers, and others deemed "immoral," Nicola Beisel argues that rhetoric about the moral corruption of children speaks to an ongoing parental concern: that children will fail to replicate or exceed their parents' social position. In a rare analysis of Anthony Comstock's crusade with the New York and New England Societies for the Suppression of Vice, Beisel examines how the reformer worked on the anxieties of the upper classes. Showing how a moral crusade can bring a society's diffuse anxieties to focus on specific sources, Beisel offers a fresh theoretical approach to moral reform movements.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2009.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.10aComstock, Anthony,d1844-1915. 0aChild rearingxMoral and ethical aspects. 0aCensorshipzUnited StatesxHistoryy19th century. 0aSocial mobilityzUnited States. 0aUnited StatesxMoral conditionsxHistoryy19th century. 0aUnited StatesxSocial life and customsy1865-1918. 7aElectronic books.2local2 aebrary, Inc. 0aPrinceton studies in American politics.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10031953zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view