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9780521270649
Prostitution and Victorian Society
by Walkowitz, Judith R.
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- Comments: First Edition. The state regulation of prostitution, as established under the Contagious Diseases Acts of 1864, 1866 and 1869, and the successful campaign for the repeal of the Acts, provide the framework for this study of alliances between prostitutes and feminists and their clashes with medical authorities and police. Prostitution and Victorian Society makes a major contribution to women's history, working-class history, and the social history of medicine and politics. It demonstrates how feminists a
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- ISBN-13: 9780521270649
- ISBN: 0521270642
- Publication Date: 1982
- Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr
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Examines the state regulation of prostitution in mid-Victorian England as established by the Contagious Diseases Acts of 1864, 1866 and 1869. Explores the origins of the Acts, the successful feminist campaign to repeal them and their impact on the registered prostitutes and their community.Walkowitz, Judith R. is the author of 'Prostitution and Victorian Society ', published 1982 under ISBN 9780521270649 and ISBN 0521270642.
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