Common Prostitutes and Ordinary Citizens
Julia Laite
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Description for Common Prostitutes and Ordinary Citizens
Paperback. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 299 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; HPQ; JFSJ; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
299
Condition
New
Series
Genders and Sexualities in History
Number of Pages
299
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349311514
SKU
V9781349311514
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Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Julia Laite
JULIA LAITE Lecturer in Modern British History at Birkbeck College, University of London, UK. She has published several articles on prostitution in Britain and is presently researching women's migration, sexual labour, and human trafficking in the twentieth century world.
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