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Prostitution and Victorian social reform / / Paul McHugh



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Autore: McHugh Paul Visualizza persona
Titolo: Prostitution and Victorian social reform / / Paul McHugh Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (306 p.)
Disciplina: 306.7/4/0942
Soggetto topico: Prostitution - England - History - 19th century
Sexually transmitted diseases - England - History - 19th century
Sexually transmitted diseases - Law and legislation - England - History - 19th century
Note generali: First published in 1980.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Regulating Prostitution 3. The Attack on the Acts Launched 4. Defeat and Regrouping 5. The Repeal Campaign in Action - Organisation and Methods 6. The Role of Women in the Repeal Movement 7. Religion and the Repeal Campaign 8. The Liberal Strategy 9. Political Connections and Alliances in the Repeal Campaign 10. Conclusion. Appendices
Sommario/riassunto: In the mid-19th century many parts of England and Wales were still subjected to a system of regulated prostitution which, by identifying and detaining for treatment infected prostitutes, aimed to protect members of the armed forces (94 per cent of whom were forbidden to marry) from venereal diseases.
Titolo autorizzato: Prostitution and Victorian social reform  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-136-24775-0
0-203-10404-8
0-415-62360-X
1-136-24776-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910822060803321
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Serie: Routledge library editions. . -Women's history ; ; v. 26.