The Geography of Prostitution in an Early Nineteenth-Century Urban Centre: Montreal, 1810-1842

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Title
The Geography of Prostitution in an Early Nineteenth-Century Urban Centre: Montreal, 1810-1842
Abstract
The author argues that prostitution was integrated into all nineteenth century Montreal neighbourhoods, touching all social classes, from the elites who worked and lived along Notre Dame and St. Paul Streets to the popular classes who inhabited the suburbs. She claims that Montrealers shared the same streets, public spaces, and houses with sex trade workers who were often tolerated until the inmates of local brothels and streetwalkers breached some sort of community enforced code of conduct.
Book Title
Power, Place and Identity: Historical Studies of Social and Legal Regulations in Quebec
Place
Montreal
Publisher
Montreal History Group
Date
1998
Pages
101-128
Language
en
URL
Citation
Poutanen, Mary Anne. “The Geography of Prostitution in an Early Nineteenth-Century Urban Centre: Montreal, 1810-1842.” In Power, Place and Identity: Historical Studies of Social and Legal Regulations in Quebec, edited by Tamara Myers, Kate Boyer, and Steven Watt, 101–128. Montreal: Montreal History Group, 1998. http://web.archive.org/web/20040929063854/http://www.ghm-mhg.mcgill.ca/publications/ppi/poutanen.html.
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