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London's sinful secret : the bawdy history and very public passions of London's
Cruickshank, Dan.
Adult Nonfiction 306.74209 C 2010
Cruickshank, Dan.
Adult Nonfiction 306.74209 C 2010
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| Contents | Page |
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| Preface | p. vii |
| Introduction | p. ix |
| Prologue An Artist's View: William Hogarth and The Harlot's Progress | p. 1 |
| Act 1 - Sex in the City | |
| 1 - 'Satan's Harvest': The Nature of the Sex Industry | p. 25 |
| 2 - 'Ladies of the Town': The Business of Prostitution | p. 36 |
| 3 - Mother Clap and Her Boys: Molly Houses and Others | p. 56 |
| 4 - Facts and Fantasies: Moll King and Betsy Careless | p. 78 |
| 5 - Winners and Losers: Sally Salisbury and Lavinia Fenton | p. 100 |
| 6 - 'Measuring the Maypole': The Value of the Sex Industry | p. 126 |
| Interlude: Elizabeth Canning: Abduction into Prostitution | p. 140 |
| Act 2 - The Architecture of Sin | |
| 7 - Building on Vice: The Sex Industry and the Creation of Georgian London | p. 163 |
| 8 - At Home with Mrs Cornelys: The World of the Masquerade | p. 193 |
| 9 - The Rake's Repose: Coffee Houses and Brothels | p. 203 |
| 10 - Grand Seraglio to the Nation: The Bagnio | p. 215 |
| 11 - 'The Reception of the Distressed': Hospitals and Workhouses | p. 245 |
| Interlude: Colonel Francis Charteris | p. 311 |
| Act 3 - The Taste of Sin | |
| 12 - Vice Takes Centre Stage: John Gay's The Beggar's Opera | p. 325 |
| 13 - Muses, Goddesses and Painted Ladies: Art and Sir Joshua Reynolds | p. 336 |
| 14 - The Power of the Past and the Primitive: The New Aesthetics of Sex | p. 367 |
| 15 - Visiting Venus' Parlour: Sir Francis Dashwood and the Hell Fire Club | p. 390 |
| Interlude: The Murder of Ann Bell | p. 413 |
| Act 4 - Public and Private Views | |
| 16 - 'Children of Larger Growth': Men's Attitudes to Women | p. 439 |
| 17 - 'Slaves of a Casual Lust': Women's Attitudes to the Sex Industry | p. 457 |
| 18 - 'Pretty Doings of a Protestant Nation': The Campaign Against Prostitution | p. 463 |
| Postlude: John Wilkes and An Essay on Woman | p. 509 |
| Appendices | |
| 1 - The Mob and its Vengeance | p. 535 |
| 2 - Women as Men | p. 542 |
| 3 - Dr James Graham | p. 561 |
| Notes | p. 569 |
| Bibliography | p. 613 |
| Index | p. 633 |
| Picture Acknowledgements | p. 653 |
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