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'Bartleys study is a very welcome addition to the historiography of moral reform and sexual regulation.' – Social History Society
'In this meticulously researched book, Paula Bartley offers the first national study of the work of moral reformers in late nineteenth-century ... her considerable achievement lies in her abilty to demonstrate that ... there is still much more to be said on the subject on nineteenth-century prostitution.' – History
'One of the stregnths of the book is its detailed analysis of the intersection of contemporary class, gender, and religious ideologies in the motives of those involved in the reform of "the fallen" ... The work also provides new insight into the day-to-day running of the range of institutions set up to deal with women deemed to be "fallen".' – Social History of Medicine
'In this meticulously researched book, Paula Bartley offers the first national study of the work of moral reformers in late nineteenth-century ... her considerable achievement lies in her abilty to demonstrate that ... there is still much more to be said on the subject on nineteenth-century prostitution.' – History
'One of the stregnths of the book is its detailed analysis of the intersection of contemporary class, gender, and religious ideologies in the motives of those involved in the reform of "the fallen" ... The work also provides new insight into the day-to-day running of the range of institutions set up to deal with women deemed to be "fallen".' – Social History of Medicine
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This text analyzes attempts to eradicate prostitution from English society, and includes a discussion of early attempts at reform and prevention through to the campaigns of the social purists. "Prostitution" looks in-depth at the various reform institutions which were set up to house prostitutes, analysing the motives of the reformers as well as daily life within these penitentiaries. Attempts at prevention are revealed through close study of the Ladies Association for the Care of Friendless Girls which tried to educate society morally and campaigned for protective legislation for prostitutes. This book reveals: reformers' attitudes towards prostitutes and prostitution; daily life inside reform institutions; attempts at moral education; developments in moral health theories; influence of eugenics; attempts at suppressing prostitution. It is a new addition to the study of prostitution in history, providing the reader with an up-to-date account of the social and political efforts to eradicate it from society.
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Paula Bartley's examination of nineteenth century prostitution could have been a useful book for the student of social history or women's studies. It is most unfortunate that it is spoilt by generalisations that are unsupported, and, in some cases, inaccuracies. As a researcher in the same area, I found several examples of comments about a particular religious community which were simply wrong, something Ms Bartley could not have known without access to primary sources - lack of such access should have resulted in the omission of the conclusions being drawn about that Community, but Ms Bartley chose to go ahead and state her opinion as fact. Similarly she uses her knowledge of some religious communities to generalise about religious provision for the "rescue" of "fallen" women: this is most misleading since the C19th communities each had their own rules and were not a united body. Ms Bartley gives unwarranted weight to the role of the clergy in religious Houses of Mercy (as such places were usually called), she does not note that community chaplains were actually employed by the community, not by the Church, and quite a large number of communities did carry out their work in direct opposition to the local clergy and the diocesan bishops. Ms Bartley does give some useful statistical information, for example, on the role of the Church Penitentiary Association, a real time saver for the student. I have commented particularly on her comments on the work of religious women dealing with prostitutes, the book also covers other areas of provision, the laws relating to prostitutes, and other matters not relating to religious communities. Unfortunately there is little new in this material, although the student may need to consult more than one work to collate it all. Overall, despite the usefulness of some of the material as mentioned and in a few other areas, this is not a book I would recommend to a student of the social, religious, or women's history in the C19th. There are several other writers' whose work pre-dates Ms Bartley's but surpass it in quality and scholarship. It is an impressive attempt to cover a subject many find difficult to discuss; unfortunately the attempt does not live up to the status of some of Ms Bartley's earlier work.
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