History of Prostitution Among All the Peoples of the World Since Antiquity
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019
Rating 3.5- Word count
- 544K words
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Foreign Language Books History and CultureGender Relations Historical ReappraisalSocial HistoryComplex HumanityPower OppressionSocial CritiqueMoral DilemmaAcademic StudyFolk CustomsCross-Cultural ViewFemale PerspectiveSummary
Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.Histoire de la prostitution chez tous les peuples du monde depuis l'antiquité laAuthor: Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884,Language: French, Class: HQ: Social sciences: The family, Marriage, Sex and Gender, Release Date: Sep 20, 2013Editor's review
This is an old work written in French that surveys the history of prostitution and sexual customs from a global perspective. Its author, P. L. Jacob, was a nineteenth-century French man of letters. Its value lies not in offering contemporary conclusions of the sociology of sexuality, but in preserving a wealth of documentary leads, customary records, and institutional descriptions from various peoples from antiquity to the modern era, which researchers can follow up on. The prose carries the erudition and moral judgments typical of nineteenth-century scholarly writing; readers should read with a critical eye toward historical sources, distinguishing the author's views from the cited material. This book comes from a public-domain electronic edition by Project Gutenberg; it is suitable as auxiliary material for historical sociology, gender history, and the history of customs, and also for readers interested in old French texts who wish to browse at the level of language and text. Reading scenarios are mostly desk reference and topical comparison rather than cover-to-cover leisure reading.Who it's for
A good fit for
- Scholars of gender history, the history of customs, and social history who need nineteenth-century European documentary leads
- Readers of literature and history with strong French reading ability and an interest in old texts
- Students working on related topical courses or papers, for finding early research perspectives
- Readers interested in public-domain e-books and the digitization of scholarly historical sources
Not a good fit for
- Readers seeking conclusions from contemporary gender studies or social work practice
- General readers who have difficulty reading French and only want a quick overview of general history
- Readers sensitive to nineteenth-century moralizing narration and prone to discomfort
- Researchers who need systematic statistical data or modern scholarly annotation
Reading tips
- Begin with the table of contents and introduction to grasp the author's periodization and geographic framework, then read by topic rather than page by page.
- Keep a notebook to record the author's narrative separately from the cited primary material for later verification.
- Read alongside modern works on gender or social history to correct its biases and limitations with contemporary research.
- If French is difficult, first read key chapters closely with a dictionary and browse the rest.
About the publisher
Project Gutenberg United States · Founded in 1971Project Gutenberg is a digital publishing project focused on public-domain ebooks. Its publishing direction centers on classic literary works whose copyright has expired, covering genres such as poetry, drama, fiction, and epic. Representative books include Lyrical Ballads by Wordsworth and Coleridge, Proust's Du côté de chez Swann, Shakespeare's Macbeth and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Homer's The Iliad, Dante's La Divina Comèdia: Purgatòri, Cervantes's The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, and Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. Its author resources consist mainly of classic Western writers such as Wordsworth, Proust, Shakespeare, Homer, Dante, Cervantes, Grahame, and Tolstoy. Its publishing feature is the provision of freely accessible ebooks in EPUB and Kindle formats; it is not a traditional publisher, and publicly available information is limited.
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FAQ
Is this book contemporary academic research?
No. The author, P. L. Jacob, was a nineteenth-century French man of letters; the book is early historiography, marked by the moral judgments and material limitations of its time, and should be used as documentary leads rather than contemporary conclusions.Can I read this book without knowing French?
The main text is in French, and effective reading is very difficult without any French. Translation tools can help browse the table of contents and excerpts, but some French reading ability is still recommended for in-depth use.Is the electronic edition from a reliable source?
This is a public-domain e-book released by Project Gutenberg, with the text from that platform and freely available as a public-domain resource. When citing, verify edition information and page numbers, and note the electronic source.Is it suitable as a general-readership book for ordinary readers?
Not very suitable. The book is large, in French, old in narrative style, and on a special topic; ordinary readers who only want a general introduction should first choose contemporary general histories written in Chinese.This site is an index: you start “Search all sources” in your browser, and the entries it lists all point to third-party sites; please judge their availability yourself.
About the author
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 AuthorP. L. Jacob (1806–1884) was a French writer, bibliophile and scholar of history and letters, usually listed in library catalogues under the name "Jacob, P. L."; his full name and detailed biography are only sparsely documented in publicly available sources. Twelve of his works are held in this collection, ranging from studies of manners, dress and ceremony in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, through a multi-volume history of prostitution across the world, to the art of writing in ciphers, literary tales told to children, and miscellanies of the strange such as Curiosités Infernales. His writing favours wide-ranging historical material and anecdote, often retelling and arranging older documents in an accessible style that blends scholarship with a taste for the curious, plain in language and dense in detail. His books circulated widely in nineteenth-century French popular history and book culture, and are still consulted by scholars of custom, dress and the history of sexuality.