Format:
vii, 269, [8] Seiten
,
Illustrationen
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22 cm
Edition:
First edition
ISBN:
9780199211401
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019921140X
Note:
Formerly CIP Uk. - Includes bibliographical references and index
,
List of illustrationsIntroduction -- Prostitution and whoredom -- The sources -- About this edition -- 1. 'Amsterdam is the academy of whoredom': prostitutes, brothels, and music houses -- 2. 'Whores and scoundrels always talk of their honour': honour, prostitution, and the respectable citizenry -- 3. 'The caterpillar in a cabbage, the canker in the leg': attitudes to prostitution, prostitutes, and women -- 4. 'The world cannot be governed with a Bible in the hand': prosecution policies and their background -- 5. 'The devil! I must have money for this': the dark side of prosecution policy -- 6. 'Birds of a feather flock together': prostitutes, clients, and seafaring -- 7. 'Miraculous tricks, to earn a living by idling': sex for money and money for sex -- Notes -- Appendix 1. Contemporary writers on Amsterdam music houses and prostitution -- Appendix 2. Trials for prostitution in Amsterdam by decade, 1650-1749 -- Appendix 3. Dutch currency of the early modern period -- Bibliography -- Index.
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Pol, Lotte van de, 1949 - The burgher and the whore Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011 ISBN 9780191725142
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
Amsterdam
;
Armut
;
Prostitution
;
Red Light Disctrict
;
Geschichte 1650-1750
Author information:
Pol, Lotte van de 1949-
