The Man Who Counted All Prostitutes in New York City: John R. McDowall and the Scandal of the Magdalen Report
The Reverend John R. McDowall is known primarily as a controversial crusader against prostitution in New York in the 1830s. In the first half of that decade, when he lived in the city, he studied causes of prostitution, proposed methods of preventing it, and worked on creating institutions that woul...
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European Association for American Studies
2018-06-01
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| Series: | European Journal of American Studies |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/ejas/12604 |
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