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    The oldest profession

    Sep 02, 2021 2 minutes

    Harlots, Whores & Hackabouts: A History of Sex for Sale by Kate Lister Thames & Hudson, 256 pages, £25

    The follow-up to Kate Lister’s debut, A is equally ambitious: a global history of sex work. Using diverse examples ranging from medieval Europe to Edo-period Japan (17th–19th centuries) and Qing-dynasty China (1644–1912), Lister explores the lives of sex workers

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