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“This book is a fascinating exploration of prostitution in the multilingual space of the Austrian monarchy in the early 20th century. Nancy Wingfield is an expert in the history of Habsburg Central Europe and she draws on multilingual evidence to reconstruct the world of regulated prostitution. Like in Russia, and lots of other international contexts, prostitution was regulated in the Austrian monarchy. Women who engaged in prostitution were registered by the police and were required to attend medical examinations and abide by other restrictions placed upon their visibility and behaviour.” Read more...
Siobhán Hearne, Historian
