Policing prostitution, 1856-1886 : deviance, surveillance and morality
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Policing prostitution, 1856-1886 : deviance, surveillance and morality
(Perspectives in economic and social history, 24)
Routledge, 2016
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Originally published: London : Pickering & Chatto , 2013
"First issued in paperback 2015" -- T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Focusing on the ports, dockyards and garrison towns of Kent, this study examines the social and economic factors that could cause a woman to turn to prostitution, and how such women were policed.
Table of Contents
- Introduction, Catherine Lee
- Chapter 1 Prostitution, Poverty and the Makeshift Economy, Catherine Lee
- Chapter 2 Prostitution, Lifestyle and Life Cycle, Catherine Lee
- Chapter 3 Representations of Prostitution, Catherine Lee
- Chapter 4 Geographies of Prostitution, Catherine Lee
- Chapter 5 Policing Prostitution, Catherine Lee
- Chapter 6 The Contagious Diseases Acts in Kent, Catherine Lee
- Chapter 102 Afterword, Catherine Lee
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