{"product_id":"b0hgbry4s9","title":"A History of Prostitution: From the Ancient World to the Digital Age (History of Human Society Book 1)","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor thousands of years, prostitution has survived empires, religions, wars, revolutions, prohibition and technological change. But why?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA History of Prostitution: From the Ancient World to the Digital Age  traces the evolution of commercial sex from the earliest civilizations of Mesopotamia and Egypt through ancient Greece and Rome, medieval brothels, Renaissance courtesans, Victorian cities, the world wars and today's internet-driven sex industry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlong the way, the book explores how prostitution became intertwined with some of the most powerful forces shaping civilization:  money, poverty, gender, slavery, migration, religion, warfare, disease, urbanization and technology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDiscover:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHow prostitution operated in ancient Greece and Rome\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhy medieval European cities sometimes licensed and taxed brothels\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHow syphilis transformed attitudes toward commercial sex\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhy industrialization produced enormous prostitution markets\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHow armies, ports, colonialism and war shaped the sex trade\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHow automobiles, telephones and the internet changed the marketplace\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe crucial distinction between consensual sex work, trafficking and forced prostitution\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhy countries today remain divided between prohibition, legalization, decriminalization and the Nordic model\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRather than treating prostitution simply as a history of sexuality, this book examines it as a window into the changing structure of human society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAcross centuries, governments repeatedly tried to regulate, suppress or eliminate prostitution. Yet the market adapted every time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe history of prostitution is ultimately a history of civilization's changing relationship with sex, money, power and inequality.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANT","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":67934456807460,"sku":"YSL31836","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0805\/2614\/7620\/files\/81bZmGItZAL._SY1500.jpg?v=1793246552","url":"https:\/\/booktavero.com\/products\/b0hgbry4s9","provider":"BookTavero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}