The Georgian Bawdyhouse

Informationen zum Autor Emily Brand is a writer and historian with a special interest in eighteenthand nineteenth-century England. She has written widely on domestic and family life for a number of history and genealogy magazines and is also an author for the history society London Historians! of which she is an honorary member. She wrote 'Royal Weddings' for Shire. Klappentext The business of sex was a significant aspect of urban culture in Georgian England! and a visible one. This book explores what is was like to run! work in! and frequent these establishments! which ranged from filthy hovels and country inns to grand townhouse apartments. It draws from newspaper reports! political debate and bawdy pamphlets. Vorwort A revealing, frank and sometimes lighthearted illustrated history of British brothels in the eighteenth century. Zusammenfassung The business of sex was a significant aspect of urban culture in Georgian England, and a visible one. This book explores what is was like to run, work in, and frequent these establishments, which ranged from filthy hovels and country inns to grand townhouse apartments. It draws from newspaper reports, political debate and bawdy pamphlets. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: A Fashion for ViceThe Bawd and her HouseholdThe Fallen WomanThe Man of PleasureBeyond the BawdyhousePunish or Protect?ConclusionFurther ReadingIndex

Product details

• Authors: Emily Brand
• Publisher: SHIRE
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.10.2012
• EAN: 9780747811695
• ISBN: 978-0-7478-1169-5
• No. of pages: 56
• Dimensions: 142 mm x 203 mm x 5 mm
• Series: Shire Library; Shire Library
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; HISTORY / Social History, HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Sociology: sexual relations, Sexual Behaviour, Ethical Issues: Prostitution & Sex Industry, Venereal Diseases, C 1700 To C 1800