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Prostitution : prevention and reform in England, 1860-1914 / Paula Bartley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bartley, Paula.
- Series:
- Women's and gender history.
- Women's and gender history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Prostitution--England--History--19th century.
- Prostitution.
- Prostitution--England--History--20th century.
- England--Social conditions--19th century.
- England.
- England--Social conditions--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 229 p. : ill.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The first comprehensive overview of attempts to eradicate prostitution from English society, including discussion of early attempts at reform and prevention through to the campaigns of the social purists.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. From sinners to Cinderellas : the reform of prostitutes
- pt. 2. Prevention is better than cure : Ladies' Associations for the Care of Friendless Girls
- pt. 3. The making of the mentally deficient : prostitution and the 'feeble-minded'
- pt. 4. Purifying the nation.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-220) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-61071-8
- 1-134-61072-6
- 1-280-35496-8
- 0-203-45303-4
- 0-203-26280-8
- 9780203453032
- OCLC:
- 52169264
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