Urban reform and sexual vice in progressive-era Philadelphia : the faithful and the fallen /

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This book examines the intersection and interplay between Progressive-Era rhetoric regarding commercialized vice and the realities of prostitution in early-twentieth-century Philadelphia. Adams asserts that reformers constructed a cultural view of prostitution that was based more upon their percepti...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Adams, James H., 1966-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2015]
Subjects:
1900-1999
Prostitution > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 20th century.
Vice control > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 20th century.
Crimes et délits contre les mœurs > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie > Prévention > Histoire > 20e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Vice control
Prostitution
Moral conditions
Philadelphia (Pa.) > Moral conditions > History > 20th century.
Pennsylvania > Philadelphia
History
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