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

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Common prostitutes and ordinary citizens/ Julia Laite.
Reminder of title:	commercial sex in London, 1885-1960 /
Author:	Laite, Julia,
Published:	Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;Palgrave Macmillan, : 2012.,
Description:	1 online resource (ix, 299 p.) :ill., maps. :
Subject:	Prostitution - History. - England -
Online resource:	http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230354210
ISBN:	9780230354210 (electronic bk.)

Common prostitutes and ordinary citizens = commercial sex in London, 1885-1960 /
Laite, Julia,1979-

Common prostitutes and ordinary citizenscommercial sex in London, 1885-1960 /[electronic resource] :Julia Laite. - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;Palgrave Macmillan,2012. - 1 online resource (ix, 299 p.) :ill., maps. - Genders and sexualities in history. - Genders and sexualities in history..

Includes bibliographical references and index.

List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Criminalizing Commercial Sex -- Selling sex: Women, Work, and Prostitution -- Buying Sex: Men and the Marketplace -- The Crusade Begins: The Criminal Law Amendment Act and London's 'Brothels' Before the First World War -- Women in Public and Public Women: Controlling Street Prostitution 1887-1914 -- 'Down on Whores' and 'Living on the Earnings': Violence, Vulnerability and the Law after 1885 -- White Slaves and Alien Prostitutes: Trafficking, Protection, and Punishment in the Early Twentieth Century -- Making War, Taking Fingerprints, and Challenging the Law: Policy Changes and Public Debates after 1914 -- Behind Closed Doors: Off-Street Commercial Sex in the Interwar Years -- Sex, War, and Syndication: Organized Prostitution and the Second World War -- The Shame of London: Prostitution and Panic in the Post-War Metropolis -- Risking the Dangers: Reconsidering Commercial Sex in 'Permissive Britain' -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index --.

On the brightly-lit street corners of Piccadilly and in the dark alleyways of Stepney, in public parks and private flats, in nightclubs and cafes, prostitution was intertwined with London's society, culture, and landscape. As public and political attitudes toward commercial sex hardened, uneven and imperfect attempts to repress prostitution dramatically shaped London's commercial sex industry. Common Prostitutes and Ordinary Citizens examines how laws, policies and attitudes toward prostitution were translated into street-level reality, explores how women who sold sex navigated a climate of repression, and charts the complex dimensions of the underground sexual economy in the metropolis. Laite puts forward the controversial argument that laws directed against prostitution tended to do more harm than good; they encouraged the growth of vice syndicates, promoted illicit real estate and came down the hardest upon the women who worked as prostitutes. By examining the administration of the law and its consequences and by uncovering the lives and experiences of prostitutes, this book offers a compelling new look at the history of commercial sex in modern London.

ISBN: 9780230354210 (electronic bk.)

Source: 362604Palgrave Macmillanhttp://www.palgraveconnect.comSubjects--Topical Terms:

834736
Prostitution
--History.--EnglandIndex Terms--Genre/Form:

554714
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HQ186.L66 / L35 2012

Dewey Class. No.: 306.740942

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