Prostitution and racialised sexuality: The regulation of prostitution in Britain and the British Empire before the Contagious Diseases Acts

Environment and Planning D: Society and Space

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 321-339

  Howell, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000185488     PISSN: 02637758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/d259     Document Type: Article

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