Urban Reform and Sexual Vice in Progressive-Era Philadelphia - The Faithful and the Fallen

Informationen zum Autor James H. Adams is lecturer of history at Penn State-Abington and Southern New Hampshire University. Klappentext This book examines the intersection and interplay between Progressive-Era rhetoric regarding commercialized vice and the realities of prostitution in early-twentieth-century Philadelphia. Adams asserts that reformers constructed a cultural view of prostitution that was based more upon their perceptions of the trade than on reality itself. Zusammenfassung This book examines the intersection and interplay between Progressive-Era rhetoric regarding commercialized vice and the realities of prostitution in early-twentieth-century Philadelphia. Adams asserts that reformers constructed a cultural view of prostitution that was based more upon their perceptions of the trade than on reality itself. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: American Maidens and Fallen Women: Defining the Gilded Age ProstituteChapter 2: Schools of Vice or Virtue: Constructing the TenderloinChapter 3: Reform through Eternal Vigilance: White Slavery and the Vice CommissionChapter 4: Arguing Success: Deconstructing the Vice SyndicateChapter 5: The Color of Vice: "Negro Tenderloins" in Camden and Bethel CourtChapter 6: The Politics of Prostitution: The Rise of the "Charity Girl"Chapter 7: Back to Basics: The Unseen Prostitute, 1919-1940

Product details

• Authors: James H Adams, James H. Adams, Adams James H.
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.07.2015
• EAN: 9781498508681
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-0868-1
• No. of pages: 212
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Pennsylvania, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, Social and cultural history, History of the Americas, Sex and sexuality, social aspects, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), C 1900 - C 1914, Ethical Issues: Prostitution & Sex Industry, c 1900 to c 1909, Ethical issues and debates, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Sexuality