| Edition |
1st pbk. ed. |
| Description |
ix, 347 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-335) and index. |
| Note |
"First published 1980." |
| Contents |
pt. 1, Prostitution, social science, and venereal disease : -- 1. The common prostitute in Victorian Britain -- 2. Social science and the great social evil -- 3. Venereal disease. |
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pt. 2, The Contagious Diseases Act, regulationists, and repealers : -- 4. The Contagious Diseases Acts and their advocates -- 5. The repeal campaign -- 6. The leadership of the Ladies' National Association -- 7. Class and gender conflict within the repeal movement. |
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pt. 3, Two case studies: Plymouth and Southampton under the Contagious Diseases Acts : -- 8. Plymouth and Southampton under the Contagious Diseases Acts -- 9. The repeal campaign in Plymouth and Southampton, 1870-4 -- 10. The making of an outcast group: prostitutes and working women in Plymouth and Southampton -- 11. The hospitals -- 12. The local repeal campaign, 1874-86. |
| Summary |
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. This book makes a major contribution to women's history, working-class history, and the social history of medicine and politics. It demonstrates how feminists and others mobilized over sexual questions, how public discourse on prostitution redefined sexuality in the late nineteenth century, and how the state helped to recast definitions of social deviance. -- Publisher description. |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Prostitution -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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Sexually transmitted diseases -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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Sexually transmitted diseases -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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Women -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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Feminists -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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Prostitution -- Great Britain -- Public opinion -- History -- 19th century.
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Prostitution -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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Great Britain. Contagious Diseases Act 1866.
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Great Britain. Contagious Diseases Act 1869.
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Family and Relationships.
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Feminists. (OCoLC)fst00922831
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Prostitution. (OCoLC)fst01079562
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Prostitution -- Public opinion.
(OCoLC)fst01079580
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Prostitution -- Social aspects.
(OCoLC)fst01079586
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Sexually transmitted diseases. (OCoLC)fst01114952
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Sexually transmitted diseases -- Law and legislation.
(OCoLC)fst01114966
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Women. (OCoLC)fst01176568
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Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
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Family and Relationships.
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| Chronological Term |
1800-1899
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| ISBN |
0521270642 (pbk.) |
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9780521270649 (pbk.) |
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