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The Secret History of Georgian London
- How the Wages of Sin Shaped the Capital
Engelsk Paperback
The Secret History of Georgian London
- How the Wages of Sin Shaped the Capital
Engelsk Paperback

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Georgian London evokes images of elegant buildings and fine art, but it was also a city where prostitution was rife, houses of ill repute widespread, and many tens of thousands of people dependent in some way or other on the wages of sin. The sex industry was, in fact, a very powerful force indeed, and in The Secret History of Georgian London, Dan Cruickshank compellingly shows how it came to affect almost every aspect of life and culture in the capital.

Examining the nature of the sex trade, he offers a tantalising insight into the impact of prostitution to give us vivid portraits of some of the women who became involved in its world. And he discusses the very varied attitudes of contemporaries - those who sympathised, those who indulged, and those who condemned. As he powerfully argues, these women, and many thousands like them, not only shaped eighteenth-century London, they also helped determine its future development.

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
688
ISBN-13:
9780099527961
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0099527960
Udg. Dato:
2 sep 2010
Længde:
44mm
Bredde:
133mm
Højde:
196mm
Forlag:
Cornerstone
Oplagsdato:
2 sep 2010
Forfatter(e):
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