| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
435 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1. The whore of Babylon -- 2. Patriarchs and priestesses -- 3. Fallen angels -- 4. Greek liberalism -- 5. Hindu ambiguity -- 6. Rome's daughters -- 7. Repentant sinners -- 8. Tang China's pleasure women -- 9. Muhammad's women -- 10. Guilds and cloisters, rogues and rapists -- 11. Celestial whores -- 12. The war of the roses [running title: The war of the rose] -- 13. Pox, punishment, and penitence -- 14. Splendor and misery of the courtesans -- 15. Love in the South Seas -- 16. Fanny Hill -- 17. Hara-kiri -- 18. The penetration of Africa -- 19. Nana and her times -- 20. Moral crusaders -- 21. Sex in the Wild West -- 22. Imperial virtue -- 23. Tango! -- 24. Ottoman footnote -- 25. The white slave trade -- 26. Kamikaze and comfort -- 27. Call girls -- 28. Academic sex tourism -- 29. Feminism and the sex workers' movement. |
| Subject |
Prostitution -- History.
|
| Added Title |
Verdens vanskeligste yrke. English
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| ISBN |
0802117457 |
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