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Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Front matter i 1
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. List of abbreviations ix
5. Introduction 1
6. 1 Women of lost honour 10
7. 2 Prostitution, sin and the law 29
8. 3 Prostitutes, courtesans and public morality 48
9. 4 Extenuation and rescue 67
10. 5 Penitent sinners 86
11. 6 Women and girls in danger 106
12. 7 Foundlings and orphans 125
13. 8 Natural and spurious infants 140
14. 9 Abandonment, reception and infant mortality 159
15. 10 Fostering and adoption 177
16. 11 Foundlings and society 192
17. Conclusion 210
18. Bibliography 217
19. Index 237