White slave crusades : race, gender, and anti-vice activism, 1887-1917 /

Donovan, Brian, 1971-

White slave crusades : race, gender, and anti-vice activism, 1887-1917 / Brian Donovan. - Urbana : University of Illinois Press, (c)2006. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographies and index.

White slavery and the intersection of race and gender -- The new abolitionism : the cultural power of the white slavery genre -- Suffrage and slavery : the racial politics of the Women's Christian Temperance Union purity campaign -- "The black traffic in white girls" : Chicago's war on vice -- John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and the "negro alleged slave trader" -- "Yellow slavery" and Donaldina Cameron's San Francisco mission -- Conclusion : the demise of white slavery.



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Prostitution--History--United States--19th century.
Racism--History--United States--19th century.
Racism--History--United States--20th century.
Social classes--History--United States--19th century.
Social classes--History--United States--20th century.
Women--Suffrage--History--United States--19th century.
Women--Suffrage--History--United States--20th century.


Electronic Books.

HQ144 / .W458 2006