Title: Common prostitutes and ordinary citizens
Description: "Between 1885 and 1960, laws and policies designed to repress prostitution dramatically shaped London's commercial sex industry. This book examines how laws translated into street-level reality, explores how women who sold sex experienced criminalization, and charts the complex dimensions of the underground sexual economy in the modern metropolis"--
Subjects: History, HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain, Law and legislation, Prostitution, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, Sex-oriented business, London (england), history
Places: England, London