The History of Prostitution

About this film

LibriVox recording of The History of Prostitution by William Sanger. Read in English by Anna Simon; Josh Kirsh; Arnie Horton; drakaunus; Leni; Ann Boulais; Philip Panos; csheeler; PrismStars; Gina Marie; Lucretia B.; David Lawrence; Jeff K.; Robert Sherman; Timothy O'Riordan; tovarisch; Kadier Carter; Peter Yearsley; Bev J Stevens; Arielle Lipshaw; Ramon Escamilla; Uday Sagar; Bill Boerst; Mina Anderson; Samantha Miles; KHand 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 acc…

Directors & creators

William Sanger

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks; nonfiction; prostitution; society; social ills

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