Common prostitutes and ordinary citizens : commercial sex in London, 1885-1960 /
"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 und...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2012.
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| Series: | Genders and sexualities in history.
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| Summary: | "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"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Online AccessHesburgh Library General Collection
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HQ 186 .L66 L35 2012
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