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Crossing over the Line: Legislating Morality and the Mann Act (Chicago Series on Sexuality, History, and Society (Paperback))
David J. Langum
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| #3240645 in Books | 2007-01-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.00 x.90 x6.00l,.95 | File type: PDF | 324 pages||4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.| Informative and pertintent|By Alex|I got this book because I needed it for a class examining American legal history, so needless to say, I did not start reading it with high expectations. I expected it to be dry, fairly boring, and dense to an almost arcane degree, as books on such topics typically are. To my surprise and delight, the book turned out to be none of these things.|From Library Journal|Langum, a professor of law and a historian, discusses the underlying basis of the Mann Act (1910), which made it illegal to transport women across state lines for "immoral purposes," and the difficulties that past and present governments hav
Crossing over the Line describes the folly of the Mann Act of 1910—a United States law which made travel from one state to another by a man and a woman with the intent of committing an immoral act a major crime. Spawned by a national wave of "white slave trade" hysteria, the Act was created by the Congress of the United States as a weapon against forced prostitution.
This book is the first history of the Mann Act's often bizarre career, from its ...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Crossing over the Line: Legislating Morality and the Mann Act (Chicago Series on Sexuality, History, and Society (Paperback)) | David J. Langum. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.
