White Slave Crusades: Race, Gender, and Anti-Vice Activism, 1887-1917

by Brian Donovan

During the early twentieth century, individuals and organizations from across the political spectrum launched a sustained effort to eradicate forced prostitution, commonly known as "white slavery." White Slave Crusades is the first comparative study to focus on how these anti-vice campaigns also resulted in the creation of a racial hierarchy in the United States.

Focusing on the intersection of race, gender, and sex in the antiprostitution...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252030257
• ISBN13: 9780252030253
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 13 to 18 years