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Brian Donovan, White Slave Crusades: Race, Gender and Anti-vice Activism, 1887-1917.

Publication: Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Publication Date: 01-JUN-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Brian Donovan, White Slave Crusades: Race, Gender and Anti-vice Activism, 1887-1917.(Book review)

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Brian Donovan, White Slave Crusades: Race, Gender and Anti-vice Activism, 1887-1917. Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2006. $ 30.00 hardcover.

Brian Donovan's analysis of widespread crusades against so-called "white slavery" in the United States in the late 1800s and early 1900s builds on previous analyses of moralism in the Victorian era, particularly studies of the relationship between race, ethnicity, gender, and class in perceptions of morality. He argues that campaigns aiming to stamp out the vice of prostitution used gender, racial, and religious stereotypes to gather support for their cause. In fact, the assaults on white slavery helped...

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