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Uneasy Virtue: The Politics of Prostitution and the American Reform Tradition
por Hobson, Barbara Meil
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- Perto de Excelente
- Capa dura
- Condição
- Perto de Excelente/fine
- Livreiro
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
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Sobre este 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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- Livreiro
- Classic Books and Ephemera
(US)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 007956
- Título
- Uneasy Virtue: The Politics of Prostitution and the American Reform Tradition
- Autor
- Hobson, Barbara Meil
- Formato/Encadernação
- Capa dura
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Perto de Excelente
- Condição de sobrecapa
- fine
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Editorial
- Basic Books
- Local de publicação
- New York
- Data de publicação
- 1987
- Catálogos de livreiros
- American History; Women's History & Biography;
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- Fine
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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