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Island of vice Theodore Roosevelt's doomed quest to clean up sin-loving New York Cover Image E-book E-book

Island of vice Theodore Roosevelt's doomed quest to clean up sin-loving New York

Zacks, Richard. (Author).

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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  • ISBN: 9780385534024 (electronic bk.)
  • ISBN: 0385534027 (electronic bk.)
  • Physical Description: electronic resource
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    1 online resource (viii, 431 p., [16] p. of plates) : ill.
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Doubleday, c2012.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Subject: Vice control -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century
Roosevelt, Theodore -- 1858-1919
Police administration -- 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
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