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9780822323969

Imposing Decency

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  • ISBN13:

    9780822323969

  • ISBN10:

    0822323966

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-03-01
  • Publisher: Duke Univ Pr

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Summary

"The dynamics of racism, class prejudice, and sexism work differently and only reveal how they gear in with each other at specific historical moments. Findlay has addressed these issues with confidence and eclat; the result is both careful and passionate."--Sidney W. Mintz, author of "Caribbean Transformations" and "Sweetness and Power"

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1(17)
Respectable Ponce: Deciphering the Codes of Power, 1855--1898
18(35)
Motherhood, Marriage, and Morality: Male Liberals and Bourgeois Feminists, 1873--1898
53(24)
Decent Men and Unruly Women: Prostitution in Ponce, 1890--1900
77(33)
Marriage and Divorce in the Formation of the New Colonial Order, 1898--1910
110(25)
Slavery, Sexuality, and the Early Labor Movement, 1900--1917
135(32)
Saving Democracy: Debating Prostitution during World War I
167(35)
Conclusion 202(9)
Abbreviations and Acronyms 211(2)
Notes 213(74)
Selected Bibliography 287(22)
Index 309

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