Overview

Alain Corbin depicts prostitution in nineteenth-century France not as a vice, crime, or disease, but as a well-organized business. Corbin reveals how the brothel served the sex industry in the same way that the factory served manufacturing: it provided an institution for the efficient and profitable sale of services.

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Author:   Alain Corbin ,  Alan Sheridan
Publisher:   Harvard University Press
Imprint:   Harvard University Press
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.689kg
ISBN:  

9780674955448

ISBN 10:   0674955447
Pages:   512
Publication Date:   01 September 1996
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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This is a thorough, fascinating account of the lives of prostitutes, the workings of prostitution as a business and the continuing debates in France over the application of the 'French system' of regulation. This translation from the French Les filles de noce is a welcome contribution to the English historiography, providing an excellent source for those working on numerous dimensions of modern French history. -- Timothy Baycroft Modern and Contemporary France [UK]

Majestic, path-breaking...The first systematic investigation of the political and economic aspects of the French sex trade. -- Francine du Plessix Gray New York Review of Books A challenging and provocative book which remains the essential study in its field...Corbin amply demonstrates the centrality of prostitution to the social history of modern France. -- James F. McMillan Times Literary Supplement An engrossing story full of intimate details about the actual lives of women. -- Frances Gouda Women's Review of Books This is a thorough, fascinating account of the lives of prostitutes, the workings of prostitution as a business and the continuing debates in France over the application of the 'French system' of regulation. This translation from the French Les filles de noce is a welcome contribution to the English historiography, providing an excellent source for those working on numerous dimensions of modern French history. -- Timothy Baycroft Modern and Contemporary France [UK]

An engrossing story full of intimate details about the actual lives of women.--Frances Gouda Women's Review of Books

Majestic, path-breaking...The first systematic investigation of the political and economic aspects of the French sex trade. -- Francine du Plessix Gray New York Review of Books A challenging and provocative book which remains the essential study in its field...Corbin amply demonstrates the centrality of prostitution to the social history of modern France. -- James F. McMillan Times Literary Supplement An engrossing story full of intimate details about the actual lives of women. -- Frances Gouda Women's Review of Books This is a thorough, fascinating account of the lives of prostitutes, the workings of prostitution as a business and the continuing debates in France over the application of the 'French system' of regulation. This translation from the French Les filles de noce is a welcome contribution to the English historiography, providing an excellent source for those working on numerous dimensions of modern French history. -- Timothy Baycroft Modern and Contemporary France [UK]

Author Information

Alain Corbin is Professor of History, Emeritus, at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Alan Sheridan is the author of Michel Foucault: The Will to Truth. He has also translated over 50 books, including works by Sartre, Lacan, and Foucault.

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