Prostitution in the Modern World: A Survey and a Challenge
New York: Emerson Books, 1936. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Fine / Near Fine. Item #010358
Full purple cloth. 200 pp. Light chafing to extremities. Bookplate of C.B. Farrar. Dust jacket is price clipped, sunned to spine and edges, some light bumping and creasing, short closed tear to foot of front joint. "This book is a significant study of contemporary life from which the social psychologist may draw much valuable material. The greater part of it is concerned with a survey of the present position as regards prostitution in the leading countries of the world. THere are added discussions of the results, both of promiscuity and sexual abstinence, of the laws relating to prostitution in many lands, and of the effectiveness of legislation about prostitution. The author shows conclusively that while in general professional prostitution has probably declined, the amateur prostitute has increased greatly in numbers of late years. The author devotes space to a study of the conditions leading to prostitution...It is a sane, quiet, and impressive book which deserves wide consideration." - British Journal of Psychology, from the front flap.
Price: $75.00