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Common Prostitutes and Ordinary Citizens: Commercial Sex in London, 1885-1960
J. Laite
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Description for Common Prostitutes and Ordinary Citizens: Commercial Sex in London, 1885-1960
Hardback. 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. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0, 1 tables, 3 charts. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 221 x 23. Weight in Grams: 518.
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
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Series
Genders and Sexualities in History
Condition
New
Weight
517g
Number of Pages
299
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230230545
SKU
V9780230230545
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Ref
99-15
About J. 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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