History of Prostitution
William Sanger
Play
Length 31 h 56 min
Chapters 62
First published 1853
Common sense asks for a full investigation of all the evils attending prostitution. In the every-day affairs of life, any man who feels the pressure of a particular evil looks at once for its cause. He may be neither a philosopher nor a logician, and may never have heard of or read any of the luminous treatises which professedly simplify science, yet he knows very well that for every effect there must be some adequate cause, and for this he generally searches diligently till he can find and remove it. But here, in the city of New York, is a population who claim to be as intelligent as any on the Western continent, who have been for years suffering from the effects of a vice in purse and person; who have paid and are paying every year large sums of money on account of it; who witness every day some broken constitution or ruined character resulting from it, and who yet have never thought of seeking out the cause! Is it now too late to enlist your sympathies in the undertaking? Hence we conclude that propriety, expediency, public safety, private interest, and common sense demand an investigation like this now submitted to the reader. (from the Introduction)
Chapters
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Introduction Read by Anna Simon 54:08
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Chapter 2 - Egypt, Syria, and Asia Minor Read by Arnie Horton 6:43
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Chapter 3 - Greece, Part 1 Read by drakaunus 26:19
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Chapter 3 - Greece, Part 2 Read by drakaunus 25:50
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Chapter 4 - Rome, Part 1 Read by Leni 28:18
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Chapter 4 - Rome, Part 2 Read by Leni 31:29
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Chapter 5 - The Early Christian Era Read by Ann Boulais 19:16
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Chapter 6 - France: History During the Middle Ages Read by Philip Panos 39:28
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Chapter 7 - France: History From the Middle Ages to Louis XIII Read by Philip Panos 32:18
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Chapter 8 - France: History from Louis XIII to the Present Day Read by csheeler 37:00
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Chapter 9 - France: Syphilis Read by Anna Simon 24:05
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Chapter 10 - France: Present Regulations Read by PrismStars 37:49
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Chapter 11 - Italy Read by Gina Marie 34:46
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Chapter 12 - Spain Read by Gina Marie 23:58
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Chapter 13 - Portugal Read by Arnie Horton 5:42
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Chapter 14 - Algeria Read by Lucretia B. 27:07
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Chapter 15 - Belgium Read by David Lawrence 5:49
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Chapter 16 - Hamburg, Part 1 Read by Jeff K. 38:59
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Chapter 16 - Hamburg, Part 2 Read by Jeff K. 37:20
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Chapter 17 - Prussia, Part 1 Read by Robert Sherman 35:37
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Chapter 17 - Prussia, Part 2 Read by Robert Sherman 27:42
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Chapter 17 - Prussia, Part 3 Read by Robert Sherman 28:55
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Chapter 18 - Leipzig Read by Gina Marie 8:28
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Chapter 19 - Denmark Read by Timothy O'Riordan 9:06
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Chapter 20 - Switzerland Read by David Lawrence 4:02
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Chapter 21 - Russia, Part 1 Read by tovarisch 23:00
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Chapter 21 - Russia, Part 2 Read by tovarisch 25:40
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Chapter 22 - Sweden and Norway Read by ProseandProdigyManly 16:30
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Chapter 23 - Great Britain: History to the Time of the Commonwealth, Part 1 Read by Peter Yearsley 22:37
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Chapter 23 - Great Britain: History to the Time of the Commonwealth, Part 2 Read by Peter Yearsley 21:51
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Chapter 24 - Great Britain: History from the Commonwealth to the Present Day Read by Peter Yearsley 40:33
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Chapter 25 - Great Britain: Prostitution at the Present Time, Part 1 Read by Bev J Stevens 41:01
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Chapter 25 - Great Britain: Prostitution at the Present Time, Part 2 Read by Bev J Stevens 45:37
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Chapter 25 - Great Britain: Prostitution at the Present Time, Part 3 Read by Bev J Stevens 45:32
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Chapter 26 - Great Britain: Syphilitic Diseases Read by Arielle Lipshaw 14:18
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Chapter 27 - Mexico Read by Arnie Horton 14:32
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Chapter 28 - Central and South America Read by Ramon Escamilla 21:27
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Chapter 29 - North American Indians Read by Lucretia B. 46:40
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Chapter 30, Barbarous Nations, Part 1 Read by Ramon Escamilla 33:22
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Chapter 30, Barbarous Nations, Part 2 Read by Ramon Escamilla 30:45
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Chapter 30, Barbarous Nations, Part 3 Read by Ramon Escamilla 20:24
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Chapter 31, Semi-Civilized Nations, Part 1 Read by Uday Sagar 31:27
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Chapter 31, Semi-Civilized Nations, Part 2 Read by Ramon Escamilla 32:58
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Chapter 31, Semi-Civilized Nations, Part 3 Read by Ramon Escamilla 28:58
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Chapter 32 - New York: Statistics, Part 1 Read by Bill Boerst 31:03
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Chapter 32 - New York: Statistics, Part 2 Read by Bill Boerst 34:02
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Chapter 32 - New York: Statistics, Part 3 Read by Bill Boerst 43:20
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Chapter 33 - New York: Statistics, Part 1 Read by Anna Simon 35:48
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Chapter 33 - New York: Statistics, Part 2 Read by Anna Simon 31:56
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Chapter 33 - New York: Statistics, Part 3 Read by Anna Simon 35:32
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Chapter 34 - New York: Statistics, Part 1 Read by Ramon Escamilla 46:20
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Chapter 34 - New York: Statistics, Part 2 Read by Ramon Escamilla 31:05
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Chapter 35 - New York: Prostitutes and Houses of Prostitution, Part 1 Read by Mina Anderson 41:46
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Chapter 35 - New York: Prostitutes and Houses of Prostitution, Part 2 Read by Mina Anderson 38:41
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Chapter 36 - New York: Extent, Effects, and Cost of Prostitution, Part 1 Read by Mina Anderson 55:51
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Chapter 36 - New York: Extent, Effects, and Cost of Prostitution, Part 2 Read by Samantha Miles 40:33
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Chapter 36 - New York: Extent, Effects, and Cost of Prostitution, Part 3 Read by KHand 34:10
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Chapter 36 - New York: Extent, Effects, and Cost of Prostitution, Part 4 Read by KHand 54:43
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Chapter 37 - New York: Remedial Measures, Part 1 Read by Ramon Escamilla 34:44
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Chapter 37 - New York: Remedial Measures, Part 2 Read by Ramon Escamilla 31:51
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Chapter 37 - New York: Remedial Measures, Part 3 Read by Ramon Escamilla 36:23
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Chapter 37 - New York: Remedial Measures, Part 4 Read by Ramon Escamilla 38:50
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