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The Flash Press: Sporting Male Weeklies in 1840s New York (Historical Studies of Urban America)

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  • ISBN-13: 9780226112336
  • ISBN: 0226112330
  • Edition: 1
  • Publication Date: 2008
  • Publisher: University Of Chicago Press

AUTHOR

American Antiquarian Society, Timothy J. Gilfoyle, Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz, Patricia Cline Cohen

SUMMARY

Obscene, libidinous, loathsome, lascivious. Those were just some of the ways critics described the 19th century weeklies that covered and publicized New York's extensive sexual underworld. As well as providing an overview of this distinct form of urban journalism, this book examines 19th century attitudes to sex.American Antiquarian Society is the author of 'The Flash Press: Sporting Male Weeklies in 1840s New York (Historical Studies of Urban America)', published 2008 under ISBN 9780226112336 and ISBN 0226112330.

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