Uneasy Virtue: The Politics of Prostitution and the American Reform Tradition
New York: Basic Books, 1987. Hardcover. x, 275 p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Maroon cloth with blue and gilt spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. The author "examines prostitution during the major reform periods: the 1840s, with its surge of evangelical activism; the early twentieth century and the Progressive attack on prostitution; and the sexual revolution of the 1970s. . . . Never, she maintains, have we forged a consensus around prostitution policy that recognizes prostitution for what it largely is: a temporary alternative for poor young women." -- dust jacket. Book is in Near Fine Condition: former owner's name on front free endpaper; two page corners creased; clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Fine Condition: clean and bright. Near Fine / fine. Item #007956
ISBN: 0465088086
Price: $14.00