Pocket • 2010 • Engelsk

The secret history of Georgian London: how the wages of sin shaped the capital

Name: The secret history of Georgian London
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ISBN: 9780099527961

Av Cruickshank, Dan

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Georgian London evokes images of elegant buildings and fine art, but it was also a city where prostitution was rife, houses of ill repute widespread, and many tens of thousands of people dependent in some way or other on the wages of sin. The sex industry was, in fact, a very powerful force indeed, and in The Secret History of Georgian London, Dan Cruickshank compellingly shows how it came to affect almost every aspect of life and culture in the capital. Examining the nature of the sex trade, he...Vis mer

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9780099527961

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Windmill

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2010

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Engelsk

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The secret history of Georgian London

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Pocket

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