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001 2007027940
003 DLC
005 20080505084440.0
008 070705s2007 cau b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2007027940
020 $a9780804757393 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a0804757399 (cloth : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn153598801
035 $a(OCoLC)153598801
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dBTCTA$dBAKER$dYDXCP$dC#P$dBWX$dDLC
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050 00 $aKF1262$b.F75 2007
082 00 $a342.7308/58$222
100 1 $aFriedman, Lawrence Meir,$d1930-
245 10 $aGuarding life's dark secrets :$blegal and social controls over reputation, propriety, and privacy /$cLawrence M. Friedman.
260 $aStanford, Calif. :$bStanford University Press,$cc2007.
300 $a348 p. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [273]-330) and index.
505 0 $aThe general argument -- Status and mobility in the nineteenth century -- Sticks and stones : the law of defamation -- The Victorian compromise : slippage and control in the moral laws -- The anatomy of blackmail -- Good women, bad women : seduction, breach of promise, and related matters -- Censorship : its rise and fall -- Into the Twentieth Century -- Privacy and reputation in the late Twentieth Century -- Defamation in contemporary times -- A summing up--and a cautious look at the future.
650 0 $aPrivacy, Right of$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 0 $aLibel and slander$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 0 $aSex and law$zUnited States$xHistory.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0829/2007027940-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0829/2007027940-d.html