Paula Bartley, Paula Bartley

Prostitution (eBook, PDF)

Prevention and Reform in England, 1860-1914

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Produktbeschreibung

Prostitution: Prevention and Reform in England, 1860-1914 is the first comprehensive overview of attempts to eradicate prostitution from English society, including discussion of early attempts at reform and prevention through to the campaigns of the social purists.
Prostitution looks in depth at the various reform institutions which were set up to house prostitutes, analysing the motives of the reformers as well as daily life within these penitentiaries.
This indispensable book reveals:
* reformers' attitudes towards prostitutes and prostitution * daily life inside reform institutions
* attempts at moral education
* developments in moral health theories
* influence of eugenics
* attempts at suppressing prostitution.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. November 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134610723
• Artikelnr.: 38446005

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