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This text analyses attempts to eradicate prostitution from English society, and includes a discussion of early attempts at reform and prevention through to the campaigns of the social purists. ""Prostitution"" looks in-depth at the various reform institutions which were set up to house prostitutes, analysing the motives of the reformers as well as daily life within these penitentiaries. Attempts at prevention are revealed through close study of the Ladies Association for the Care of Friendless Girls which tried to educate society morally and campaigned for protective legislation for prostitutes. This book reveals: reformers' attitudes towards prostitutes and prostitution; daily life inside reform institutions; attempts at moral education; developments in moral health theories; influence of eugenics; attempts at suppressing prostitution. It is a new addition to the study of prostitution in history, providing the reader with an up-to-date account of the social and political efforts to eradicate it from society.

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This wonderfully researched study offers valuable material that furthers our knowledge of the various campaigns against prostitution in late Victorian and Edwardian England.--Nancy Fix Anderson, Loyola University. <br>

'Bartleys study is a very welcome addition to the historiography of moral reform and sexual regulation.' ? Social History Society<br><br>'In this meticulously researched book, Paula Bartley offers the first national study of the work of moral reformers in late nineteenth-century ... her considerable achievement lies in her abilty to demonstrate that ... there is still much more to be said on the subject on nineteenth-century prostitution.' ? History<br><br>'One of the stregnths of the book is its detailed analysis of the intersection of contemporary class, gender, and religious ideologies in the motives of those involved in the reform of the fallen ... The work also provides new insight into the day-to-day running of the range of institutions set up to deal with women deemed to be fallen. ' ? Social History of Medicine

'Bartleys study is a very welcome addition to the historiography of moral reform and sexual regulation.' - Social History Society 'In this meticulously researched book, Paula Bartley offers the first national study of the work of moral reformers in late nineteenth-century ... her considerable achievement lies in her abilty to demonstrate that ... there is still much more to be said on the subject on nineteenth-century prostitution.' - History 'One of the stregnths of the book is its detailed analysis of the intersection of contemporary class, gender, and religious ideologies in the motives of those involved in the reform of the fallen ... The work also provides new insight into the day-to-day running of the range of institutions set up to deal with women deemed to be fallen .' - Social History of Medicine

"'Bartleys study is a very welcome addition to the historiography of moral reform and sexual regulation.' – Social History Society 'In this meticulously researched book, Paula Bartley offers the first national study of the work of moral reformers in late nineteenth-century ... her considerable achievement lies in her abilty to demonstrate that ... there is still much more to be said on the subject on nineteenth-century prostitution.' – History 'One of the stregnths of the book is its detailed analysis of the intersection of contemporary class, gender, and religious ideologies in the motives of those involved in the reform of ""the fallen"" ... The work also provides new insight into the day-to-day running of the range of institutions set up to deal with women deemed to be ""fallen"".' – Social History of Medicine"

'Bartleys study is a very welcome addition to the historiography of moral reform and sexual regulation.' Social History Society<br><br>'In this meticulously researched book, Paula Bartley offers the first national study of the work of moral reformers in late nineteenth-century ... her considerable achievement lies in her abilty to demonstrate that ... there is still much more to be said on the subject on nineteenth-century prostitution.' History<br><br>'One of the stregnths of the book is its detailed analysis of the intersection of contemporary class, gender, and religious ideologies in the motives of those involved in the reform of the fallen ... The work also provides new insight into the day-to-day running of the range of institutions set up to deal with women deemed to be fallen. ' Social History of Medicine

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Paula Bartley is senior lecturer in History at the University of Wolverhampton.

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