Format:
XI, 201 S.
,
Kt.
,
24 cm
ISBN:
184893274X
,
9781848932746
Series Statement:
Perspectives in economic and social history 24
Content:
"Prostitution was rife in the cities of Victorian Britain. 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. Lee argues that a wider degree of heterogeneity existed among women involved in prostitution than has previously been presented, and that in Kent in particular the impact of the controversial Contagious Diseases Acts was less uniform than has been thought. She demonstrates that nineteenth-century prostitution is best understood as part of the wider context of policing and urban control."--Publisher's website
Note:
Prostitution, Poverty and the Makeshift Economy -- Prostitution, Lifestyle and Life Cycle -- Representations of Prostitution -- Geographies of Prostitution -- Policing Prostitution -- The Contagious Diseases Acts in Kent.
Additional Edition:
1848932758
Additional Edition:
9781848932753
Language:
English
Keywords:
Kent
;
Prostitution
;
Soziale Situation
;
Strafverfolgung
;
Wirtschaftliche Lage
;
Geschichte 1856-1886
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