Prostitution and the Victorians / Trevor Fisher.
Prostitution and the Victorians / Trevor Fisher.
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New York : St. Martin's Press, c1997.
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N306.740942/2
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English
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xxviii, 164 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Contents
Introduction: Raising the Veil -- Prologue: Vice before Victoria -- Pt. 1. The Puritan Offensive, 1835-1850. 1. Puritan Polemics, 1835-1841. 2. Critics and Legislators: the Pamphlet War and Exeter's Bill of 1844. 3. Legislation and Investigation: the 1849 Act and the Perambulations of William Logan...
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Publisher
New York : St. Martin's Press, c1997.
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New York (State)
Date Published
c1997.
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Summary
Victorian Britain has long been viewed as a tightly buttoned society in sexual matters. In fact, female prostitution, or the Great Social Evil as contemporaries called it, was endemic and the persistence of the phenomenon infuriated anti-vice campaigners, while perplexing social reformers. The issue being debated was whether society should tolerate...
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Prostitution and the Victorians / Trevor Fisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [158]-160) and index.
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c1997.
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N306.740942/2
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74VMQvMOMoOl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMQvMOMoOl
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ISBN
0750911255
9780312175832 (cloth)
0312175833 (cloth)
9780750911252
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306.740942
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991000408659702626
