Title Policing sexuality : the Mann Act and the making of the FBI / Jessica R. Pliley.

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Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, 2014.

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Description	1 online resource (293 pages)
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction: the Mann Act and federal sexual surveillance -- The American myth of white slavery -- A national white slavery squad -- Endangered daughters -- Creating a moral quarantine -- Defining immoral purposes -- Policing seduction and adultery -- Coerced sex and forced prostitution -- The FBI's assault on sex trafficking -- Conclusion: can the country's moral borders be policed?
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Subject	United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation -- History.
	United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation.
	History.
	Prostitution -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Prostitution.
	United States.
Chronological Term	20th century
Subject	Human trafficking -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Human trafficking.
	Vice control -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Vice control.
	United States -- Moral conditions -- History -- 20th century.
	Moral conditions.
Chronological Term	1900 - 1999
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
	Electronic books.
Subject	Female prostitution.
	Prostitution.
Other Form:	Print version: Pliley, Jessica R., 1977- Policing sexuality. Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, 2014 9780674368118 (DLC) 2014007800 (OCoLC)875999891
ISBN	9780674736115 (electronic book)
	0674736117 (electronic book)
	9780674368118
	0674368118

Title Policing sexuality : the Mann Act and the making of the FBI / Jessica R. Pliley.

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