| Description |
xii, 311 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
The Chicago series in sexuality, history, and society
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Chicago series on sexuality, history, and society.
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| Note |
Originally published: 1994. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
How times have changed -- Prostitutes, progressives, and moral panic, 1907-1914 -- Early enforcement, 1910-1916 -- Blackmail and extortion -- The case of Caminetti v. United States -- Pieces of the Caminetti puzzle -- The morals crusade, 1917-1928 -- The focus shifts, 1929-1943 -- The crusade sputters, 1944-1959 -- The Mann Act and the sexual revolution of the 1960s and 1970s -- The collapse of federal standards of morality. |
| Subject |
Prostitution -- United States -- History.
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Prostitution. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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Sex customs -- United States -- History.
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Sex customs. |
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Female prostitution. |
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Prostitution. |
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Sexual practices. |
| ISBN |
0226468704 paperback |
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9780226468709 paperback |
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