Book description
The history of selling sex is a hidden one—and too often its practitioners are pushed to the margins of history. This book redresses the balance, revealing the history of the sex trade through the eyes of sex workers, from medieval streets to Wild West saloons, and from brothels to state…
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1 author picked Harlots, Whores & Hackabouts as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Kate and I have both written about the history of sex work. While mine was confined to London, Kate has gone further afield and researched the hidden histories of sex workers across the globe, charting the lived experience of people who sold sex for a living from Storyville brothels to Chinese flower boats and royal bed chambers.
This authoritative and global history of sex work is enhanced by evocative paintings, archival photographs, and intriguing curios. It really is everything you ever wanted to know about the history of sex work but were afraid to ask!
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