| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 321 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Gender and American culture |
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Gender & American culture.
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| Contents |
Introduction: The evolution of "near whores" and "whores in the making" -- Today's children: courtship, Americanization, and modernity -- The treat: transforming sexual values at the turn of the century -- These are the people in your neighborhood: prostitution, commerce, and community in turn-of-the-century New York City -- A fight on the home front: the repression of prostitution during World War I -- Doing our part for the boys in uniform: sexuality, treating, courtship, and patriotism -- Nudes fell pinch!: prostitution, prohibition, and the emergence of America's sex industry -- Treating, dating, petting, and the class dynamics of America's first sexual revolution -- Conclusion: A new type of girl in an old type of delinquency: women, sexuality, and venereal disease during World War II |
| Summary |
Comparing prostitution and courtship with a new working-class practice of heterosexual barter called 'treating' during the period between 1900 and 1945, this book examines changes in sexual morality and sexual and economic practices in New York |
| Notes |
Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1998, under the title: Trick or treat: prostitution and working-class women's sexuality in New York City, 1900-1932 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-314) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Prostitution -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century
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Sex customs -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century
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Courtship -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Human Sexuality.
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SELF-HELP -- Sexual Instruction.
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Courtship
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Prostitution
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Sex customs
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Liebeswerben
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Prostitution
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New York (State) -- New York
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New York (N.Y.)
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2005037961 |
| ISBN |
9780807877074 |
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0807877077 |
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9781429453974 |
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1429453974 |
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