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The History of Prostitution: Its Extent, Causes, and Effects throughout the World

William W. Sanger · Public domain text

283,019 words · about 19 h 49 min to read

Period artwork: Interior of the Bodleian Library, 1845
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Author
William W. Sanger (1819–1872)
Language
English
Subjects
Prostitution
Length
283,019 words · about 19 h 49 min
Sections
77 reader sections · Table of contents

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Contents (77)
  1. Opening about 1 min
  2. Dedication about 2 min
  3. I. THE JEWS under 1 min
  4. II. EGYPT, SYRIA, AND ASIA MINOR under 1 min
  5. III. GREECE under 1 min
  6. IV. ROME under 1 min
  7. V. THE EARLY CHRISTIAN ERA under 1 min
  8. VI. FRANCE.--HISTORY DURING THE MIDDLE AGES under 1 min
  9. VII. FRANCE.--HISTORY FROM THE MIDDLE AGES TO LOUIS XIII under 1 min
  10. VIII. FRANCE.--HISTORY FROM LOUIS XIII. TO THE PRESENT DAY under 1 min
  11. IX. FRANCE.--SYPHILIS under 1 min
  12. X. FRANCE.--PRESENT REGULATIONS under 1 min
  13. XI. ITALY under 1 min
  14. XII. SPAIN under 1 min
  15. XIII. PORTUGAL under 1 min
  16. XIV. ALGERIA under 1 min
  17. XV. BELGIUM under 1 min
  18. XVI. HAMBURG under 1 min
  19. XVII. PRUSSIA under 1 min
  20. XVIII. LEIPZIG under 1 min
  21. XIX. DENMARK under 1 min
  22. XX. SWITZERLAND under 1 min
  23. XXI. RUSSIA under 1 min
  24. XXII. SWEDEN AND NORWAY under 1 min
  25. XXIII. GREAT BRITAIN.--HISTORY TO THE TIME OF THE COMMONWEALTH under 1 min
  26. XXIV. GREAT BRITAIN.--HISTORY FROM THE COMMONWEALTH TO THE PRESENT DAY under 1 min
  27. XXV. GREAT BRITAIN.--PROSTITUTION AT THE PRESENT TIME under 1 min
  28. XXVI. GREAT BRITAIN.--SYPHILITIC DISEASES under 1 min
  29. XXVII. MEXICO under 1 min
  30. XXVIII. CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA under 1 min
  31. XXIX. NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS under 1 min
  32. XXX. BARBAROUS NATIONS under 1 min
  33. XXXI. SEMI-CIVILIZED NATIONS under 1 min
  34. XXXII. NEW YORK.--STATISTICS under 1 min
  35. XXXIII. NEW YORK.--STATISTICS under 1 min
  36. XXXIV. NEW YORK.--STATISTICS under 1 min
  37. XXXV. NEW YORK.--PROSTITUTES AND HOUSES OF PROSTITUTION under 1 min
  38. XXXVI. NEW YORK.--EXTENT, EFFECTS, AND COST OF PROSTITUTION about 1 min
  39. XXXVII. NEW YORK.--REMEDIAL MEASURES about 1 min
  40. Introduction about 31 min
  41. I. THE JEWS about 8 min
  42. II. EGYPT, SYRIA, AND ASIA MINOR about 4 min
  43. III. GREECE about 35 min
  44. IV. ROME about 36 min
  45. V. THE EARLY CHRISTIAN ERA about 12 min
  46. VI. FRANCE.--HISTORY DURING THE MIDDLE AGES about 25 min
  47. VII. FRANCE.--HISTORY FROM THE MIDDLE AGES TO LOUIS XIII about 21 min
  48. VIII. FRANCE.--HISTORY FROM LOUIS XIII. TO THE PRESENT DAY about 20 min
  49. IX. FRANCE.--SYPHILIS about 14 min
  50. X. FRANCE.--PRESENT REGULATIONS about 26 min
  51. XI. ITALY about 25 min
  52. XII. SPAIN about 17 min
  53. XIII. PORTUGAL about 3 min
  54. XIV. ALGERIA about 11 min
  55. XV. BELGIUM about 3 min
  56. XVI. HAMBURG about 51 min
  57. XVII. PRUSSIA about 1 h 1 min
  58. XVIII. LEIPZIG about 6 min
  59. XIX. DENMARK about 6 min
  60. XX. SWITZERLAND about 2 min
  61. XXI. RUSSIA about 27 min
  62. XXII. SWEDEN AND NORWAY about 9 min
  63. XXIII. GREAT BRITAIN.--HISTORY TO THE TIME OF THE COMMONWEALTH about 27 min
  64. Chapter XXIV about 25 min
  65. XXV. GREAT BRITAIN.--PROSTITUTION AT THE PRESENT TIME about 1 h 6 min
  66. XXVI. GREAT BRITAIN.--SYPHILITIC DISEASES about 9 min
  67. XXVII. MEXICO about 8 min
  68. XXVIII. CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA about 13 min
  69. XXIX. NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS about 24 min
  70. XXX. BARBAROUS NATIONS.[361] about 53 min
  71. XXXI. SEMI-CIVILIZED NATIONS about 58 min
  72. XXXII. NEW YORK.--STATISTICS about 59 min
  73. XXXIII. NEW YORK.--STATISTICS about 1 h 10 min
  74. XXXIV. NEW YORK.--STATISTICS about 41 min
  75. XXXV. NEW YORK.--PROSTITUTES AND HOUSES OF PROSTITUTION about 46 min
  76. XXXVI. NEW YORK.--EXTENT, EFFECTS, AND COST OF PROSTITUTION about 1 h 27 min
  77. XXXVII. NEW YORK.--REMEDIAL MEASURES about 2 h 21 min

The opening of Dedication

TO THE GOVERNORS OF THE ALMS-HOUSE OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW YORK.

SIRS,--To your honorable Board I dedicate the following pages, the result of an investigation into the causes and extent of Prostitution.

Yours was the conception, mine has been the execution of the work; to you am I indebted for many valuable suggestions; to your kindness for much encouraging approbation; and now to your hands I confide my labors, in the conviction that they will not be futile; that your patriotism, your philanthropy, and your humanity will be at once enlisted in the cause.

In so noble an endeavor it will be a source of satisfaction to remember that I assisted you in those generous exertions which will add fresh laurels to your names; that I had some share in the effort which will induce future generations to remember with pride that the first blow struck in the Western World at the gigantic vice Prostitution was aimed by the GOVERNORS OF THE ALMS-HOUSE OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW YORK.

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