"An entertaining and well-illustrated anecdotal survey of 'vice' and efforts to control it in mid- and late 19th century Boston" (The Boston Guardian). Victoria

A study of British and American Utopian writing of the 1800s in the context of developments in real architectural, political, and cultural life. The book studie

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The Boston Police Department was formed by a man who had twice failed in business, ran a bar in the poorest district of Boston, and was charged with two assault

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