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Prostitutes - History

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14 works

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    Peg Plunkett : memoirs of a whore / Julie Peakman.

    | Julie Peakman | Date: 2015
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    Lục xì : prostitution and venereal disease in colonial Hanoi / by Vũ Trọng Phụng ; translated, with an introduction, by Shaun Kingsley Malarney.

    | Vu Trong Phung | Date: [2011]
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    Historia de la prostitución en Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (1890-1920) : del control social a la prevención higiénico-sanitaria / Juan Francisco Martín del Castillo.

    | Martín del Castillo, Juan F. (Juan Francisco), 1964- | Date: 2006
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    La prostitution coloniale : Algérie, Tunisie, Maroc (1830-1962) / Christelle Taraud.

    | Christelle Taraud | Date: [2003]
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    Harlots, whores & hackabouts : a history of sex for sale / Kate Lister.

    | Kate Lister | Date: 2021
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Prostitution - History
Sex Work
Women - History
19th-20th centuries

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