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This is a study of 1,400 prostitutes and brothel-keepers operating in a Victorian cathedral city over a half century.

Table of Contents
List of illustrations; Preface; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Houses and haunts; 3. The prostitutes and brothel-keepers; 4. The clients; 5. Drink, destitution and disease; 6. Rescue and reform; Conclusion; Notes; bibliography; Index.

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    Publisher: Cambridge University Press
    Publication Date: 1/25/2007 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780521033374, 978-0521033374
    ISBN10: 0521033373
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    European history European history: medieval period, middle ages Poverty and precarity

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    This is a study of 1,400 prostitutes and brothel-keepers operating in a Victorian cathedral city over a half century.

    Table of Contents
    List of illustrations; Preface; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Houses and haunts; 3. The prostitutes and brothel-keepers; 4. The clients; 5. Drink, destitution and disease; 6. Rescue and reform; Conclusion; Notes; bibliography; Index.

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