The world of prostitution in late imperial Austria / Nancy M. Wingfield.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wingfield, Nancy M. (Nancy Meriwether), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prostitution--Austria--History--20th century.

Prostitution.

Austria--History--1867-1918.

Austria.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.

Summary:

In this study of prostitution in late imperial Austria, Nancy M. Wingfield brings to light the real women behind contemporary constructions of prostitution, with the aim of restoring their historical agency and placing them in their larger social context.

Contents:

Introduction

The Riehl trial

Reforming prostitution in post-Riehl Vienna

Peripheries: regulating prostitution in the provinces

Brothel life: tolerated prostitutes, their clients, the madams, and the vice police

Clandestine prostitutes: women of the streets, their pimps, the vice police, and the public

The trafficking panic in late imperial Austria

Morals and morale during the Great War

Epilogue.

Notes:

This edition previously issued in print: 2017.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on June 6, 2017).

ISBN:

0-19-252169-1

0-19-184029-7

0-19-252168-3