On the basis of a limited literary output and a scandalous reputation, historians have often marginalised John Wilkes's role in the development of radical political ideas in England in the 1760s and 1770s. This monograph re-evaluates Wilkes's contribution in the context of his association with the radical Enlightenment. Firstly it examines Wilkes's collaboration with the poet Charles Churchill on the North Briton and Wilkes's Introduction to the History of England written in exile. Secondly, it examines Wilkes's extensive association with leading philosophes - and in particular d'Holbach,...
On the basis of a limited literary output and a scandalous reputation, historians have often marginalised John Wilkes's role in the development of rad...
«Dr. Hammer’s account of lives of registered prostitutes illustrates the complexity of discourses on medical supervision and police control of sexuality in early twentieth-century Berlin. This English edition provides historians of sexuality with insight into medical experts’ role in producing social truth and how the women profiled resisted control.»
(Deirdre McGowan, Head of Law, School of Social Sciences, Law, and Education, Technological University Dublin)
«For anyone interested in the history of prostitution, retrieving the lives and voices of sex workers...
«Dr. Hammer’s account of lives of registered prostitutes illustrates the complexity of discourses on medical supervision and police control of s...
