Steve Nicholson is Emeritus Professor at the University of Sheffield. He is a series editor for Exeter Performance Studies and the author of British Theatre and the Red Peril: The Portrayal of Communism, 1917-1945, also published by UEP.

Nicholson is very readable. He tells a good story, both chronologically and in the many accounts of particular wrangles, campaigns, negotiations, subtleties, paradoxes and outrages. . . . He uses correspondence to give palpable life to human agencies within institutional structures.

• Preface  Acknowledgements Introduction: Because Lions Ain't RabbitsSection One: 1900-19181.  From Ibsenity to Obscenity: Principles and Practice 1900-19092.  People Who Eat Peas With Their Knife: The Government Enquiry of 19093.  Cats, Canaries and Guinea Pigs: Principles and Practice 1909-19134.  A Clique of Erotic Women: The First World War (Part One)5.  The Hidden Hand: The First World War (Part Two)Section Two: 1919-19326. The Dead Men: Principles and Practice7.  No Screams from Rabbit: Horror and Religion8.  Merchandisers in Muck: The Immoral Maze9.  Our Good Humoured Community: Domestic Politics10.  Foreign Bodies: International PoliticsConclusion: A Gentler Process of PreventionNotesSelect BibliographyIndex

Steve Nicholson is Emeritus Professor at the University of Sheffield. He is a series editor for Exeter Performance Studies and the author of British Theatre and the Red Peril: The Portrayal of Communism, 1917-1945, also published by UEP.

Nicholson is very readable. He tells a good story, both chronologically and in the many accounts of particular wrangles, campaigns, negotiations, subtleties, paradoxes and outrages. . . . He uses correspondence to give palpable life to human agencies within institutional structures.

• Preface  Acknowledgements Introduction: Because Lions Ain't RabbitsSection One: 1900-19181.  From Ibsenity to Obscenity: Principles and Practice 1900-19092.  People Who Eat Peas With Their Knife: The Government Enquiry of 19093.  Cats, Canaries and Guinea Pigs: Principles and Practice 1909-19134.  A Clique of Erotic Women: The First World War (Part One)5.  The Hidden Hand: The First World War (Part Two)Section Two: 1919-19326. The Dead Men: Principles and Practice7.  No Screams from Rabbit: Horror and Religion8.  Merchandisers in Muck: The Immoral Maze9.  Our Good Humoured Community: Domestic Politics10.  Foreign Bodies: International PoliticsConclusion: A Gentler Process of PreventionNotesSelect BibliographyIndex

Steve Nicholson is Emeritus Professor at the University of Sheffield. He is a series editor for Exeter Performance Studies and the author of British Theatre and the Red Peril: The Portrayal of Communism, 1917-1945, also published by UEP.

Nicholson is very readable. He tells a good story, both chronologically and in the many accounts of particular wrangles, campaigns, negotiations, subtleties, paradoxes and outrages. . . . He uses correspondence to give palpable life to human agencies within institutional structures.

• Preface  Acknowledgements Introduction: Because Lions Ain't RabbitsSection One: 1900-19181.  From Ibsenity to Obscenity: Principles and Practice 1900-19092.  People Who Eat Peas With Their Knife: The Government Enquiry of 19093.  Cats, Canaries and Guinea Pigs: Principles and Practice 1909-19134.  A Clique of Erotic Women: The First World War (Part One)5.  The Hidden Hand: The First World War (Part Two)Section Two: 1919-19326. The Dead Men: Principles and Practice7.  No Screams from Rabbit: Horror and Religion8.  Merchandisers in Muck: The Immoral Maze9.  Our Good Humoured Community: Domestic Politics10.  Foreign Bodies: International PoliticsConclusion: A Gentler Process of PreventionNotesSelect BibliographyIndex