Books by Nancy M. Wingfield
“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
Interviews where books by Nancy M. Wingfield were recommended
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Common Prostitutes and Ordinary Citizens: Commercial Sex in London, 1885-1960
by Julia Laite -
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The World of Prostitution in Late Imperial Austria
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Code of Misconduct: Regulating Prostitution in Late Colonial Bombay
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When Sex Threatened the State: Illicit Sexuality, Nationalism, and Politics in Colonial Nigeria 1900-1958
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Compromised Positions: Prostitution, Public Health, and Gender Politics in Revolutionary Mexico City
by Katherine Elaine Bliss
History of Prostitution Books, recommended by Siobhán Hearne
History of Prostitution Books, recommended by Siobhán Hearne
Societies of all different stamps have tried to eliminate prostitution but it never works and there are always unintended consequences. Siobhan Hearne, a historian of sexuality in Tsarist and Soviet Russia, explains how exploring the history of prostitution provides fascinating insights into social and political history as well as offering some genuine, and very clear, lessons from the past.
