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Author Scott, George Ryley, 1886-1955

Title A history of prostitution : from antiquity to the present day / George Ryley Scott
Published Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (358 pages)
Contents Cover; Half Title; The Kegan Paul Library of Sexual Life; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Plates; Preface; Part I-The Causes of Prostitution; Chapter I The Question of Definition; Chapter II The Social Standing of the Prostitute; Chapter III The Underlying Cause; Chapter IV Reasons Which Lead Women to Become Prostitutes; Chapter V Reasons Why Men Support Prostitution; Part II-History of Prostitution; Chapter VI Prostitution Among Savage and Primitive Races; Chapter VII Religious Prostitution; Chapter VIII Prostitution in the Bible
Chapter IX Development of Prostitution under CivilisationChapter X Historical Aspects of Prostitution in the United Kingdom; Chapter XI Historical Aspects of Prostitution in the United States of America; Chapter XII Historical Aspects of Prostitution in Oriental Countries; Chapter XIII Attempts at Suppression; Chapter XIV The Regulation of Prostitution; Chapter XV Concubines and "Kept Women"; Part III-Prostitution To-Day; Chapter XVI Modern Practitioners of the Oldest Profession : Brothel and Clandestine Prostitutes
Chapter XVII Modern Practitioners of the Oldest Profession (Continued): Amateur ProstitutesChapter XVIII Prostitution and Venereal Disease; Chapter XIX The Traffic in Women; Chapter XX Male Prostitution; Chapter XXI The Law and Prostitution; Chapter XXII The Case Against Regulation; Chapter XXIII The Effects of Prostitution on Health and Morals; Chapter XXIV The Future of Prostitution; Bibliography; Index
Summary First published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company
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Subject Prostitution -- History
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
Prostitution
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781317845836
1317845838