Disorder in the Court: Trials and Sexual Conflict at the Turn of the Century

by Nancy Erber and George Robb

At the turn of the century, a spate of sensational trials kept French and English readers spellbound and ignited bitter tugs of war over marriage and divorce laws, women's rights, temperance, gay prostitution, and lesbian literature.
The chapters in Disorder in the Court each focus on a specific high-profile trial, and the public debates surrounding it, in order to address the role of the state in regulating sexual morality. The authors...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814775268
• ISBN13: 9780814775264
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.9"