Island of vice, Theodore Roosevelt's doomed quest to clean up sin-loving New York, Richard Zacks
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Island of vice, Theodore Roosevelt's doomed quest to clean up sin-loving New York, Richard Zacks
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [401]-410) and index
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platesillustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Island of vice
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
742234387
Responsibility statement
Richard Zacks
Sub title
Theodore Roosevelt's doomed quest to clean up sin-loving New York
Summary
Recounts the effort by newly appointed police commissioner Theodore Roosevelt to shut down late nineteenth-century New York City's brothels, gambling houses, and after-hours saloons
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- Vice control -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century
- New York (N.Y.) -- Moral conditions -- History -- 19th century
- New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
- Police administration -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
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- Vice control -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century
- New York (N.Y.) -- Moral conditions -- History -- 19th century
- New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
- Police administration -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
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