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Uneasy Virtue: The Politics of Prostitution and the American Reform Tradition
by Hobson, Barbara Meil
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/fine
- Seller
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Basic Books, 1987. Hardcover. Near Fine/fine. x, 275 p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Maroon cloth with blue and gilt spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. The author "examines prostitution during the major reform periods: the 1840s, with its surge of evangelical activism; the early twentieth century and the Progressive attack on prostitution; and the sexual revolution of the 1970s. . . . Never, she maintains, have we forged a consensus around prostitution policy that recognizes prostitution for what it largely is: a temporary alternative for poor young women." -- dust jacket. Book is in Near Fine Condition: former owner's name on front free endpaper; two page corners creased; clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Fine Condition: clean and bright.
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- Bookseller
- Classic Books and Ephemera
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007956
- Title
- Uneasy Virtue: The Politics of Prostitution and the American Reform Tradition
- Author
- Hobson, Barbara Meil
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1987
- Bookseller catalogs
- American History; Women's History & Biography;
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania
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