| Description |
xvi, 374 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Origins of prostitution -- The ancient Near East : sacred and profane -- The Greeks : pornography and fears about sex -- The Romans : ambivalence -- Christianity, Islam, and sexual morality -- India and China : other views -- Medieval Europe -- The pox and reform -- Kings and commoners -- Regulation and the status quo -- The American scene -- Medicine, sex, and women -- Abolition and the law -- The changing double standard. |
| Note |
Rev. ed. of: Prostitution. c1978. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: [322]-328. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Subject |
Prostitution -- History.
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| Added Author |
Bullough, Bonnie.
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Bullough, Vern L.
Prostitution.
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| ISBN |
0879753722 paperback |
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