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Paperback / softback. New. Crossing over the Line describes the folly of the Mann Act of 1910-a United States law which made travel from one state to another by a man and a woman with the intent of committing an immoral act a major crime. Spawned by a national wave of "white slave trade" hysteria, the Act was created by the Congress of the United States as a weapon against forced prostitution. This book is the first history of the Mann Act's often bizarre career, from its passage to the amendment that finally laid it low. In David J. Langum's hands, the story of the Act becomes an entertaining cautionary tale about the folly of legislating private morality. Langum recounts the colorful details of numerous court cases to show how enforcement of the Act mirrored changes in America's social attitudes. Federal prosecutors became masters in the selective use of the Act: against political opponents of the government, like Charlie Chaplin; against individuals who eluded…
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- Title Crossing Over the Line: Legislating Morality and the Mann ACT
- Author David J. Langum
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition 2n
- Pages 324
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL
- Date 2007-01-01
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Annotated, Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780226468709 / 0226468704
- Weight 0.95 lbs (0.43 kg)
- Dimensions 8.98 x 6.06 x 0.74 in (22.81 x 15.39 x 1.88 cm)
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- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Dewey Decimal Code 306.742
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