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illegal sex in antebellum New Orleans

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illegal sex in antebellum New Orleans

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Brothels, depravity, and abandoned women: illegal sex in antebellum New Orleans
2009, Louisiana State University Press, Louisiana State Univ Pr, Brand: Louisiana State University Press
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Table of Contents

Selling sex and the law
"Disgusting depravity" : sex across the color line
The sexual exploitation of children
Infamous public women
Larceny and robbery among prostitutes
Violent lives
The murder of a "lewd and abandoned woman" : state of Louisiana v. Abraham Parker
Keeping a brothel in antebellum New Orleans
"An ordinance concerning lewd and abandoned women."

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Baton Rouge

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
364.15/34097633509034
Library of Congress
HQ146.N6 S33 2009

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
221

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL17030180M
Internet Archive
brothelsdepravit0000scha
ISBN 13
9780807133972
LCCN
2008031983
OCLC/WorldCat
237048367
Library Thing
8426364
Goodreads
6375146

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