JOURNAL ARTICLE

Robert W. McAfee: The Comstock of Chicago.

  • Published In: Journal of the Gilded Age & Progressive Era, 2024, v. 23, n. 4. P. 451 1 of 3

  • Database: America: History and Life with Full Text 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Zier, Magdalene 3 of 3

Abstract

Anthony Comstock is synonymous with the Gilded Age crusade against vice. The 1873 "Act of the Suppression of the Trade in, and Circulation of, Obscene Literature and Articles of Immoral Use" – better known, then and now, as the "Comstock Act" – secured its namesake's enduring notoriety. Most federal laws with an appellation honor a congressional sponsor, or, in more recent years, a victim of the issue that the law aims to address. Only the Comstock Act memorializes a man who was both the chief civilian proponent of its passage and the government bureaucrat tasked with its enforcement.1 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:Journal of the Gilded Age & Progressive Era. 2024/10, Vol. 23, Issue 4, p451
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:History
  • Publication Date:2024
  • ISSN:1537-7814
  • DOI:10.1017/S1537781424000331
  • Accession Number:183110697
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