'"La nouvelle activité des trafiquants de femmes": France, Le Havre and the Politics of Trafficking, 1919–39'

Marsh, K (2016) '"La nouvelle activité des trafiquants de femmes": France, Le Havre and the Politics of Trafficking, 1919–39'. Contemporary European History, 25 (1). ISSN 0960-7773

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Abstract

This article examines how the ‘moral panic’ about sex trafficking during the interwar years manifested itself in Le Havre, a French port which, at the beginning of the twentieth century, had become synonymous with the illegal trade. Examining hitherto-neglected material in departmental archives, it explores how the problem of la traite des femmes changed after 1919; how the administrative consequences of directives by the League of Nations could influence behaviours in everyday life; and how an episode in female migration from Eastern Europe interacted with French political agendas to magnify and, in some cases, generate a problem.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > DC France
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	15 Sep 2015 11:03
Last Modified:	13 Dec 2017 12:10
URI:	http://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/2026080

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