Love for sale: courting, treating, and prostitution in New York City, 1900 - 1945

Comparing prostitution and courtship with a new working-class practice of heterosexual barter called 'treating' during the period between 1900 and 1945, this book examines changes in sexual morality and sexual and economic practices in New York.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Clement, Elizabeth Alice (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill Univ. of North Carolina Press 2006
Series:Gender and American culture
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Online Access:Table of contents only
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Summary:Comparing prostitution and courtship with a new working-class practice of heterosexual barter called 'treating' during the period between 1900 and 1945, this book examines changes in sexual morality and sexual and economic practices in New York.
Item Description:Zugl.: Univ. of Pennsylvania, Diss., 1998 u.d.T.: Clement, Elizabeth Alice: Trick or treat: prostitution and working-class women's sexuality in New York City, 1900-1932.
Includes bibliographical references and index
Erscheint: September 2006
Physical Description:XIII, 321 S. Ill.
ISBN:0807830267
0807856908

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