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Prostitution and Social Control in Eighteenth-Century Ports (Hardcover) Loot Price: R4,868
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Prostitution and Social Control in Eighteenth-Century Ports (Hardcover): Marion Pluskota

Prostitution and Social Control in Eighteenth-Century Ports (Hardcover)

Marion Pluskota

Series: Perspectives in Economic and Social History

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In the last third of the eighteenth-century, Bristol and Nantes were two of the most active commercial ports of England and France, despite a slowdown of their economy. Their economies were based primarily on the maritime trade, but they developed alongside Atlantic industries that attracted many migrants, both male and female, from the surrounding countryside and from abroad. The busy urban environment, the high number of sailors and single men migrating to the port, and the decline of female house based proto-industries, were factors encouraging the development of prostitution. How prostitution is perceived in the context of social control and urban change is key to understanding the evolving attitudes to gender and sexuality in the eighteenth century. In this comparative study, Marion Pluskota offers an analysis of the lives of prostitutes that looks beyond a purely criminal perspective, and which encompasses their roles within their families, relationships and social networks. Using police and judicial records, she provides a valuable corrective to the narrow analysis of prostitutes in terms of immorality or deviance. The unique forms of development and problems faced by port cities in the early modern period make them particularly interesting subjects for comparative history. This book is well suited for those who study social history, gender and women's history.

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Imprint: Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Perspectives in Economic and Social History
Release date: November 2015
First published: 2015
Authors: Marion Pluskota
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 178
ISBN-13: 978-1-84893-561-7
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
Books > Humanities > History > European history > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Ethical issues & debates > Prostitution
Books > History > European history > General
Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
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LSN: 1-84893-561-7
Barcode: 9781848935617

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