Paula Bartley, Paul Bartley

Prostitution

Prevention and Reform in England 1860-1914

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Here is the first comprehensive overview of the attempts to eradicate prostitution from English society, including discussion of early attempts at reform and prevention through the campaigns of the social purists. This indispensable book reveals: reformers attitudes towards prostitute and prostitution; daily life inside reform institutions; attempts at moral education; developments in moral health theories; influence of eugenics; and attempts at suppressing prostitution. "Prostitution"is an essential new addition to the study of prostitution in history, providing an up-to-date account of the social and political efforts to rid it from society.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Oktober 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 517g
• ISBN-13: 9780415214568
• ISBN-10: 0415214564
• Artikelnr.: 21460710

Autorenporträt

Paula Bartley is senior lecturer in History at the University of Wolverhampton.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part 1 From sinners to Cinderellas
Chapter 1 Reform institutions
Chapter 2 Daily life inside reform institutions
Part 2 Prevention is better than cure
Chapter 3 Moral education and protective legislation
Chapter 4 `Wayward and troublesome girls¿
Part 3 The making of the mentally deficient
Chapter 5 The background
Chapter 6 Care rather than cure
Part 4 Purifying the nation
Chapter 7 Suppressing prostitution
Chapter 8 Men and morality
conclusion Conclusion: from fin de siècleto the millennium