ISBN:
9780582264212
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (240 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Women And Men In History
Parallel Title:
Print version Disorderly Women in Eighteenth-Century London : Prostitution and Control in the Metropolis, 1730-1830
DDC:
306.74/09421
Keywords:
Prostitution - England - London - History -
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
This is the first full-length study of prostitution in London during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. It is a compelling account, exposing the real lives of the capital's prostitutes, and also shedding light on London society as a whole, its policing systems and its attitudes towards the female urban poor. Drawing on the archives of London's parishes, jury records, reports from Southwark gaol as well as other sources which have been overlooked by historians, it provides a fascinating study for all those interested in Georgian society
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Conventions; Dedication; 1. Introduction; 2. The Experience of Prostitution; The social origin of prostitutes; Economies of makeshift; The geographical origins of prostitutes; The ages of prostitutes; The structure of the trade; Income; Sexual practices; Disease; The prostitute as outcast?; Leaving prostitution; Conclusion; 3. The Geography of Prostitution in London; The evidence of the Old Bailey; Areas of particular concentration; Disorderly houses in the City
Description / Table of Contents:
Streetwalking in WestminsterConclusion; 4. Prostitution and the Law; The Southwark stews; The church courts; The secular law 1670s-1830; Conclusion; 5. Policing the Streets; The role of the watch; Accommodation and compromise; Disruption; Measures to suppress prostitution; The fate of those arrested; Conclusion; 6. Policing Disorderly Houses; Use of the Licensing Laws; Legislation governing bawdy and disorderly houses; Difficulties in impiementing Legislation; Policing in practice; Conclusion; 7. Attitudes towards Prostitution; The prostitute as agent of destruction; Counting prostitutes
Description / Table of Contents:
The prostitute as victimConclusion; 8. Conclusion; The nature and extent of the trade; Laws on prostitution and their enforcement; Debates on prostitution; Bibliography; Primary sources; Further reading; Index
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