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The History of Prostitution

Common sense asks for a full investigation of all the evils attending prostitution. In the every-day affairs of life, any man who feels the pressure of a particular evil looks at once for its cause. He may be neither a philosopher nor a logician, and may never have heard of or read any of the luminous treatises which professedly simplify science, yet he knows very well that for every effect there must be some adequate cause, and for this he generally searches diligently till he can find and remove it. But here, in the city of New York, is a population who claim to be as intelligent as any on the Western continent, who have been for years suffering from the effects of a vice in purse and person; who have paid and are paying every year large sums of money on account of it; who witness every day some broken constitution or ruined character resulting from it, and who yet have never thought of seeking out the cause! Is it now too late to enlist your sympathies in the undertaking? Hence we conclude that propriety, expediency, public safety, private interest, and common sense demand an investigation like this now submitted to the reader. (from the Introduction)

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Introduction (Anna Simon)
Chapter 1 - The Jews (Josh Kirsh)
Chapter 2 - Egypt, Syria, and Asia Minor (Arnie Horton)
Chapter 3 - Greece, Part 1 (drakaunus)
Chapter 3 - Greece, Part 2 (drakaunus)
Chapter 4 - Rome, Part 1 (Leni)
Chapter 4 - Rome, Part 2 (Leni)
Chapter 5 - The Early Christian Era (Ann Boulais)
Chapter 6 - France: History During the Middle Ages (Philip Panos)
Chapter 7 - France: History From the Middle Ages to Louis XIII (Philip Panos)
Chapter 8 - France: History from Louis XIII to the Present Day (csheeler)
Chapter 9 - France: Syphilis (Anna Simon)
Chapter 10 - France: Present Regulations (PrismStars)
Chapter 11 - Italy (Gina Marie)
Chapter 12 - Spain (Gina Marie)
Chapter 13 - Portugal (Arnie Horton)
Chapter 14 - Algeria (Lucretia B.)
Chapter 15 - Belgium (David Lawrence)
Chapter 16 - Hamburg, Part 1 (Jeff K.)
Chapter 16 - Hamburg, Part 2 (Jeff K.)
Chapter 17 - Prussia, Part 1 (Robert Sherman)
Chapter 17 - Prussia, Part 2 (Robert Sherman)
Chapter 17 - Prussia, Part 3 (Robert Sherman)
Chapter 18 - Leipzig (Gina Marie)
Chapter 19 - Denmark (Timothy O'Riordan)
Chapter 20 - Switzerland (David Lawrence)
Chapter 21 - Russia, Part 1 (tovarisch)
Chapter 21 - Russia, Part 2 (tovarisch)
Chapter 22 - Sweden and Norway (ProseandProdigyManly)
Chapter 23 - Great Britain: History to the Time of the Commonwealth, Part 1 (Peter Yearsley)
Chapter 23 - Great Britain: History to the Time of the Commonwealth, Part 2 (Peter Yearsley)
Chapter 24 - Great Britain: History from the Commonwealth to the Present Day (Peter Yearsley)
Chapter 25 - Great Britain: Prostitution at the Present Time, Part 1 (Bev J Stevens)
Chapter 25 - Great Britain: Prostitution at the Present Time, Part 2 (Bev J Stevens)
Chapter 25 - Great Britain: Prostitution at the Present Time, Part 3 (Bev J Stevens)
Chapter 26 - Great Britain: Syphilitic Diseases (Arielle Lipshaw)
Chapter 27 - Mexico (Arnie Horton)
Chapter 28 - Central and South America (Ramon Escamilla)
Chapter 29 - North American Indians (Lucretia B.)
Chapter 30, Barbarous Nations, Part 1 (Ramon Escamilla)
Chapter 30, Barbarous Nations, Part 2 (Ramon Escamilla)
Chapter 30, Barbarous Nations, Part 3 (Ramon Escamilla)
Chapter 31, Semi-Civilized Nations, Part 1 (Uday Sagar)
Chapter 31, Semi-Civilized Nations, Part 2 (Ramon Escamilla)
Chapter 31, Semi-Civilized Nations, Part 3 (Ramon Escamilla)
Chapter 32 - New York: Statistics, Part 1 (Bill Boerst)
Chapter 32 - New York: Statistics, Part 2 (Bill Boerst)
Chapter 32 - New York: Statistics, Part 3 (Bill Boerst)
Chapter 33 - New York: Statistics, Part 1 (Anna Simon)
Chapter 33 - New York: Statistics, Part 2 (Anna Simon)
Chapter 33 - New York: Statistics, Part 3 (Anna Simon)
Chapter 34 - New York: Statistics, Part 1 (Ramon Escamilla)
Chapter 34 - New York: Statistics, Part 2 (Ramon Escamilla)
Chapter 35 - New York: Prostitutes and Houses of Prostitution, Part 1 (Mina Anderson)
Chapter 35 - New York: Prostitutes and Houses of Prostitution, Part 2 (Mina Anderson)
Chapter 36 - New York: Extent, Effects, and Cost of Prostitution, Part 1 (Mina Anderson)
Chapter 36 - New York: Extent, Effects, and Cost of Prostitution, Part 2 (Samantha Miles)
Chapter 36 - New York: Extent, Effects, and Cost of Prostitution, Part 3 (KHand)
Chapter 36 - New York: Extent, Effects, and Cost of Prostitution, Part 4 (KHand)
Chapter 37 - New York: Remedial Measures, Part 1 (Ramon Escamilla)
Chapter 37 - New York: Remedial Measures, Part 2 (Ramon Escamilla)
Chapter 37 - New York: Remedial Measures, Part 3 (Ramon Escamilla)
Chapter 37 - New York: Remedial Measures, Part 4 (Ramon Escamilla)
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