Philippa Levine (University of Southern California)

submitted: 5/15/95 (by mail)

Philippa Levine
Professor of History
Department of History
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA  90089-0034  USA

phone: 213-740-1670
fax:   213-740-6999
email: philippa@mizar.usc.edu
       philippa@hermes.usc.edu

Description of work:
Prostitution and venereal disease legislation in British colonies, 
1860-1918, with a particular interest in the Contagious Diseases 
legislation and Cantonment Act widely used in British India (passed in 
the 1860s) to registrate and regulate sexual commerce, particularly among 
British soldiers and sailors consorting with indigenous women.