Weeder in the Garden of the Lord: Anthony Comstock's Life and Career - Hardcover
Weeder in the Garden of the Lord presents the life and career of Anthony Comstock, the man responsible for the passage of laws that affect the sex lives of all Americans. In the first biography of Comstock to be published since 1927, Anne Louise Bates details Comstock's life, his connection and influence over American anti-obscenity laws, and his encounters with nineteenth-century figures such as Victoria C. Woodhull and Margaret Sanger. Written for scholars and teachers of various history classes, this book serves as an excellent text for courses in: Women's History, U.S. Social History, U.S. Gilded Age History, 19th-Century History, Legal History, or Religious History.
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About the Author:
Anna Louise Bates is Assistant Professor of History at Montana State University at Billings.
Review:
...she has accomplished the seemingly impossible; setting Comstock in his time and place (Victorian America) she has made this archetype of grotesque a credible human being. She has also performed a civic service, for (alas) the legacy of Comstock is still very much with us, on our lawbooks and in attitudes.>>> (Paul A. Carter)
...she has accomplished the seemingly impossible; setting Comstock in his time and place (Victorian America) she has made this archetype of grotesque a credible human being. She has also performed a civic service, for (alas) the legacy of Comstock is still very much with us, on our lawbooks and in attitudes. (Paul A. Carter)
...she has accomplished the seemingly impossible; setting Comstock in his time and place (Victorian America) she has made this archetype of grotesque a credible human being. She has also performed a civic service, for (alas) the legacy of Comstock is still very much with us, on our lawbooks and in attitudes. (Paul A. Carter)
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- PublisherUniversity Press Of America
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 076180076X
- ISBN 13 9780761800767
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages226
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