Prostitution, Modernity, and the Making of the Cuban Republic 1840–1920

Cubans active in the new republic came to believe that deregulating prostitution was an important step on the path to creating a moral nation and that focusing on public health policy and moral reform would further the nation's social regeneration and help strip it of the legacy and contagion o...

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Published in:Journal of the History of Sexuality 2016, Vol.25 (1), p.202-204
Main Author: Franklin, Sarah L.
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
Archives & records
Colonialism
Criminal investigations
Cuba
Prostitution
Sex industry
United States
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Summary:Cubans active in the new republic came to believe that deregulating prostitution was an important step on the path to creating a moral nation and that focusing on public health policy and moral reform would further the nation's social regeneration and help strip it of the legacy and contagion of Spanish colonialism.
ISSN:1043-4070
1535-3605
DOI:10.7560/JHS25107