E-book
Beyond brutal passions : prostitution in early nineteenth-century Montreal
Record details
- ISBN: 0773545336
- ISBN: 9780773545335
- ISBN: 0773545344
- ISBN: 9780773545342
- ISBN: 0773583882
- ISBN: 9780773583887
- ISBN: 0773583904
- ISBN: 9780773583900
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (xviii, 409 pages) : illustrations
remote - Publisher: Montreal [Quebec] : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2015]
- Copyright: ©2015
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-396) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | PART II Between Law and Custom: Regulating Prostitution. 4 Seeking Justice: Plaintiffs, Prostitution Laws, and Legal Procedures -- 5 Policing Prostitution: Peace Officers, Prostitutes, and Ambiguity -- 6 Judging Prostitutes: Encounters, Strategies, and Outcomes at Court -- 7 Correcting Prostitutes: Harsh Punishment for Brutal Passions -- Conclusion: Discourse, Everyday Life, and Women's Agency. |
| Restrictions on Access Note: | NLC staff and students only. |
| Language Note: | English. |
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| Genre: | Electronic books. Electronic books. History. |
