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Published by Cambridge University Press in Cambridge [England], New York, NY .
Written in

Subjects:

  • National Legion of Decency,
  • Motion pictures -- Censorship -- United States,
  • Motion pictures -- Moral and ethical aspects

Book details:

Edition Notes

StatementGregory D. Black.
SeriesCambridge studies in the history of mass communications
The Physical Object
Paginationx, 336 p. :
Number of Pages336
ID Numbers
Open LibraryOL17741535M
ISBN 100521565928
OCLC/WorldCa34771403

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