Common Prostitutes and Ordinary Citizens: Commercial Sex in London, 1885-1960Between 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. |
Contents
Trafficking Protection and Punishmentinthe EarlyTwentieth Century | |
Organized Prostitution and the Second | |
Prostitution and Panicin the Postwar Metropolis | |
Notes | |
Bibliography | |
Index | |
Other editions - View all
Common Prostitutes and Ordinary Citizens: Commercial Sex in London, 1885-1960 J. Laite Limited preview - 2011 |
Common Prostitutes and Ordinary Citizens: Commercial Sex in London, 1885-1960 J. Laite No preview available - 2012 |
Common Prostitutes and Ordinary Citizens: Commercial Sex in London, 1885-1960 J. Laite No preview available - 2011 |
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