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Geographies of Regulation: Policing Prostitution in Nineteenth-Century Britain and the Empire - Cambridge Studies in Historical Geography Howell, Philip (University of Cambridge)
Geographies of Regulation: Policing Prostitution in Nineteenth-Century Britain and the Empire - Cambridge Studies in Historical Geography
Howell, Philip (University of Cambridge)
This study of British authorities' attempts to regulate prostitution both at home and abroad challenges our understanding of colonial regulation. Considering the similarities and differences between colonial and metropolitan practices, Philip Howell argues that the British administration of commercial sexuality was deeper and more extensive than is conventionally portrayed.
312 pages, 7 b/w illus. 19 maps 7 tables
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | August 27, 2009 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521853651 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 312 |
| Dimensions | 161 × 234 × 20 mm · 604 g |
| Language | English |