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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Laite, Julia
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Colección:Genders and sexualities in history.
Temas:
Prostitution > England > London > History.
Prostitution > Law and legislation > England > London.
Social history.
Sociology.
Criminology.
History, Modern.
Ethics.
Social Conditions
Sociology
Ethics
Criminology
Histoire sociale.
Sociologie.
Histoire moderne et contemporaine.
Morale.
Criminologie.
social history.
sociology.
ethics (philosophy)
criminology.
20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000 > c 1800 to c 1900 > London, Greater London. > 20th century.
Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 > c 1800 to c 1900 > London, Greater London. > 20th century.
British & Irish history > c 1800 to c 1900 > London, Greater London. > 20th century.
Social & cultural history > c 1800 to c 1900 > London, Greater London. > 20th century.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
HISTORY > Modern > 20th Century.
HISTORY > Modern > 19th Century.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
PSYCHOLOGY > Human Sexuality.
SELF-HELP > Sexual Instruction.
History.
Prostitution
Prostitution > Law and legislation
England > London
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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, 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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