Bawdy City - Commercial Sex and Regulation in Baltimore, 1790-1915

This vivid social history of Baltimore's prostitution trade centers women in a story of how sexual commerce and debates over its regulation shaped an American city. A critical addition to the current literature addressing women's history, the history of gender and sexuality, and labor history in nineteenth-century America.

Table des matières

Introduction; Part I. The Rise of Prostitution in the Early Republic: 1. Selling sex in the early republic; 2. The expansion of prostitution and the rise of the brothel; 3. Brothel prostitution and antebellum urban commercial networks; Part II. Regulating and Policing the Sex Trade: 4. Policing the expanding sex trade; 5. 'Our patriotic friends': selling sex in the Civil War era; 6. Prostitution, policing, and property rights in the Gilded Age; Part III. Change and Decline in the Brothel Trade: 7. Black Baltimoreans and the bawdy trade; 8. Rise of urban leisure and the decline of brothels; 9. The end of an era; Conclusion.

A propos de l'auteur

Katie M. Hemphill is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Arizona.

Résumé

This vivid social history of Baltimore's prostitution trade centers women in a story of how sexual commerce and debates over its regulation shaped an American city. A critical addition to the current literature addressing women's history, the history of gender and sexuality, and labor history in nineteenth-century America.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Katie M Hemphill, Katie M. Hemphill, Katie M. (University of Arizona) Hemphill
• Edition: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 30.06.2022
• EAN: 9781108733281
• ISBN: 978-1-108-73328-1
• Pages: 358
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Autres; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sociologie > Théories sociologiques; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Baltimore, Maryland, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Economic history, Social and cultural history, Gender studies: women, History of the Americas, Gender studies: women and girls, C 1900 - C 1914, c 1790 to c 1799