03031oam 2200709I 450 991082098630332120240131153341.01-135-94501-21-283-96145-80-203-88194-X1-135-94502-010.4324/9780203881941 (CKB)2670000000330921(EBL)1112355(OCoLC)829461904(SSID)ssj0000820288(PQKBManifestationID)11470578(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000820288(PQKBWorkID)10861944(PQKB)10521688(MiAaPQ)EBC1112355(Au-PeEL)EBL1112355(CaPaEBR)ebr10648683(CaONFJC)MIL427395(OCoLC)826657835(FINmELB)ELB132950(EXLCZ)99267000000033092120180706d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrProstitution, race, and politics policing venereal disease in the British Empire /Philippa LevineNew York :Routledge,2003.1 online resource (491 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-94447-3 0-415-94446-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. [417]-458) and index.pt. 1. Contagious diseases laws -- pt. 2. Race, sex, and politics.In addition to shouldering the blame for the increasing incidence of venereal disease among sailors and soldiers, prostitutes throughout the British Empire also bore the burden of the contagious diseases ordinances that the British government passed. By studying how British authorities enforced these laws in four colonial sites between the 1860s and the end of the First World War, Philippa Levine reveals how myths and prejudices about the sexual practices of colonized peoples not only had a direct and often punishing effect on how the laws operated, but how they also further justified the distProstitutionGovernment policyGreat BritainColoniesHistorySexually transmitted diseasesGovernment policyGreat BritainColoniesHistoryBritishSexual behaviorGreat BritainColoniesBritishDiseasesGreat BritainColoniesGreat BritainColoniesSocial policyGreat BritainColoniesRace relationsProstitutionGovernment policyColoniesHistory.Sexually transmitted diseasesGovernment policyColoniesHistory.BritishSexual behaviorColonies.BritishDiseasesColonies.306.74/091724115.59bclLevine Philippa.506889MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910820986303321Prostitution, race, and politics4050963UNINA