Urban reform and sexual vice in progressive-era Philadelphia the faithful and the fallen

Urban reform and sexual vice in progressive-era Philadelphia : the faithful and the fallen / James H. Adams.

Author/creator	Adams, James H., 1966-
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Lanham : Lexington Books, [2015]
Description	x, 203 pages ; 23 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	Prostitution--Pennsylvania --Philadelphia --History --20th century. Vice control--Pennsylvania --Philadelphia --History --20th century. Philadelphia (Pa.)--Moral conditions --History --20th century.

Contents	American maidens and fallen women: defining the Gilded Age prostitute -- Schools of vice or virtue: constructing the tenderloin -- Reform through eternal vigilance: white slavery and the vice commission -- Arguing success: deconstructing the vice syndicate -- The color of vice: "Negro tenderloins" in Camden and Bethel Court -- The politics of prostitution: the rise of the "charity girl" -- Back to basics: the unseen prostitute, 1919-1940.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-197) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2015007149
ISBN	9781498508681 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	9781498508704 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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