Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Empire of Purity by Eva Payne How the US crusade against prostitution became a tool of empireBetween the 1870s and 1930s, American social reformers, working closely with the US government, transformed sexual vice into an international political and humanitarian concern. As these activists worked to eradicate prostitution and trafficking, they promoted sexual self-control for both men and women as a cornerstone of civilization and a basis of American exceptionalism. Empire of Purity traces the history of these efforts, showing how the policing and penalization of sexuality was used to justify American interventions around the world.Eva Payne describes how American reformers successfully pushed for international anti-trafficking agreements that mirrored US laws, calling for states to criminalize prostitution and restrict migration, and harming the very women they claimed to protect. She argues that Americans ambitions to reshape global sexual morality and law advanced an ideology of racial hierarchy that viewed women of color, immigrants, and sexual minorities as dangerous vectors of disease. Payne tells the stories of the sex workers themselves, revealing how these womens experiences defy the dichotomies that have shaped American cultural and legal conceptions of prostitution and trafficking, such as choice and coercion, free and unfree labor, and white sexual innocence and the assumed depravity of nonwhites.Drawing on archives in Europe, the United States, and Latin America, Empire of Purity ties the war on sexual vice to American imperial ambitions and a politicization of sexuality that continues to govern both domestic and international policy today. FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Eva Payne is assistant professor of history at the University of Mississippi. Her writing has appeared in publications, such as the Journal of Womens History and Radical History Review. Review "A New Yorker Best Book Weve Read This Year""[Empire of Purity includes] many fascinating experiments in the regulation of prostitution. . . . Payne seeks to reveal the often conflicting ways in which cities, states, and the federal government attempted to control the sale of sex, both in domestic contexts and overseas, when it was determined that American interests were at stake."---Rebecca Mead, New Yorker"Impressive debut. . . . Rigorous and well articulated, this is an enlightening new perspective on U.S. imperial history." * Publishers Weekly * Details ISBN0691256977 Author Eva Payne Publisher Princeton University Press Format Hardcover Series Politics and Society in Modern America Year 2024 ISBN-13 9780691256979 Imprint Princeton University Press Subtitle The History of Americans Global War on Prostitution Place of Publication New Jersey Country of Publication United States Alternative 9780691256986 DEWEY 306.740973 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education ISBN-10 0691256977 Illustrations 15 b/w illus. 2 maps. Pages 336 Publication Date 2024-11-12 US Release Date 2024-11-12 AU Release Date 2025-02-18 UK Release Date 2024-11-12 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICY No questions asked, 30 day returns! FREE DELIVERY No matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free. SECURE PAYMENT Peace of mind by paying through PayPal and eBay Buyer Protection TheNile_Item_ID:169159098;
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