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Autore |
Laite J |
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Titolo |
Common Prostitutes and Ordinary Citizens [[electronic resource] ] : Commercial Sex in London, 1885-1960 / / by J. Laite |
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London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2012 |
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ISBN |
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0-230-35421-1 |
9780230354210 |
9780230230545 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed. 2012.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (315 p.) |
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Collana |
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Genders and Sexualities in History, , 2730-9479 |
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Classificazione |
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HIS015000HIS037070HIS037060SOC028000 |
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Disciplina |
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306.740942 |
306.7409420904 |
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Soggetti |
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Great Britain—History |
Social history |
Sociology |
History, Modern |
Ethics |
Criminology |
History of Britain and Ireland |
Social History |
Gender Studies |
Modern History |
Criminology and Criminal Justice, general |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Machine generated contents note: -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Criminalizing Commercial Sex -- Selling sex: Women, Work, and Prostitution -- Buying Sex: Men and the Marketplace -- The Crusade Begins: The Criminal Law Amendment Act and London's 'Brothels' Before the First World War -- Women in Public and Public Women: Controlling Street Prostitution 1887-1914 -- 'Down on Whores' and 'Living on the Earnings': Violence, Vulnerability and the Law after 1885 -- White Slaves and Alien Prostitutes: Trafficking, |
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Protection, and Punishment in the Early Twentieth Century -- Making War, Taking Fingerprints, and Challenging the Law: Policy Changes and Public Debates after 1914 -- Behind Closed Doors: Off-Street Commercial Sex in the Interwar Years -- Sex, War, and Syndication: Organized Prostitution and the Second World War -- The Shame of London: Prostitution and Panic in the Post-War Metropolis -- Risking the Dangers: Reconsidering Commercial Sex in 'Permissive Britain' -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Between 1885 and 1960, laws and policies designed to repress prostitution dramatically shaped London's commercial sex industry. This book examines how laws translated into street-level reality, explores how women who sold sex experienced criminalization, and charts the complex dimensions of the underground sexual economy in the modern metropolis. |
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