Prostitution, Considered in its Moral, Social, and Sanitary Aspects in London...
Prostitution, Considered in its Moral, Social, and Sanitary Aspects in London...
Prostitution, Considered in its Moral, Social, and Sanitary Aspects in London...
Prostitution, Considered in its Moral, Social, and Sanitary Aspects in London...
Prostitution, Considered in its Moral, Social, and Sanitary Aspects in London...
Prostitution, Considered in its Moral, Social, and Sanitary Aspects in London...
Prostitution, Considered in its Moral, Social, and Sanitary Aspects in London...
Prostitution, Considered in its Moral, Social, and Sanitary Aspects in London...
Prostitution, Considered in its Moral, Social, and Sanitary Aspects in London...
Prostitution, Considered in its Moral, Social, and Sanitary Aspects in London...
Prostitution, Considered in its Moral, Social, and Sanitary Aspects in London...
Acton, William [sex work, public health]

Prostitution, Considered in its Moral, Social, and Sanitary Aspects in London...



and other large cities and garrison towns with proposals for the control and prevention of its attendant evils. 

London: John Churchill and Sons, 1870. Second Edition.

Maroon cloth 8vo, 302pp. Good only with binding split at p. 160; hinges cracked but holding. Discoloration and bubbling to cloth. Previous owner's signature to pastedown. The first edition was published in 1857; this second edition includes updated charts and statistics through 1869. One of the first English texts to treat the subject from a medical and not just moral perspective, Acton advocates a pragmatic approach to the inextinguishable trade, emphasizing a need for regulation to protect public health and exploring its social causes and implications. He did not entirely avoid moralization, but offered a more nuanced appraisal and argued that the implicated women were not to be foresaken, but are "as worthy of improvement" as other criminals. 


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