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| Material Type: | Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource |
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| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Elizabeth Alice Clement |
| ISBN: | 0807830267 9780807830260 0807856908 9780807856901 |
| OCLC Number: | 62782220 |
| Notes: | Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1998, under the title: Trick or treat: prostitution and working-class women's sexuality in New York City, 1900-1932. |
| Description: | xiii, 321 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction: The evolution of "near whores" and "whores in the making" -- Today's children: courtship, Americanization, and modernity -- The treat: transforming sexual values at the turn of the century -- These are the people in your neighborhood: prostitution, commerce, and community in turn-of-the-century New York City -- A fight on the home front: the repression of prostitution during World War I -- Doing our part for the boys in uniform: sexuality, treating, courtship, and patriotism -- Nudes fell pinch!: prostitution, prohibition, and the emergence of America's sex industry -- Treating, dating, petting, and the class dynamics of America's first sexual revolution -- Conclusion: A new type of girl in an old type of delinquency: women, sexuality, and venereal disease during World War II. |
| Series Title: | Gender & American culture. |
| Responsibility: | Elizabeth Alice Clement. |
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