"A multitude of unchaste women:" Prostitution in the British empire

Journal of Women's History

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Levine, Philippa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 43249194543     PISSN: 10427961     EISSN: 15272036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/jowh.2004.0014     Document Type: Article

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