Common prostitutes and ordinary citizens : commercial sex in London, 1885-1960 /

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Author / Creator:Laite, Julia, 1979-
Imprint:Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Description:ix, 299 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Series:Genders and sexualities in history
Genders and sexualities in history.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8558553
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ISBN:9780230230545 (hardback)
0230230547 (hardback)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:"Between 1885 and 1960, laws and policies designed to repress prostitution dramatically shaped London's commercial sex industry. This book examines how laws translated into street-level reality, explores how women who sold sex experienced criminalization, and charts the complex dimensions of the underground sexual economy in the modern metropolis"--