Selling sex in the Silver Valley : a business doing pleasure / Dr. Heather Branstetter.
2017
HQ146.W35 .B736 2017
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Title
Selling sex in the Silver Valley : a business doing pleasure / Dr. Heather Branstetter.
ISBN
9781467136563
9781439660713 (electronic book)
9781439660713 (electronic book)
Published
Charleston, SC : History Press, 2017.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (222 pages) : illustrations, maps
Call Number
HQ146.W35 .B736 2017
Dewey Decimal Classification
306.74
Summary
"Once the largest silver producer in the world, Wallace became notorious for labor uprisings, hard drinking, gambling and prostitution. As late as 1991, illegal brothels openly flourished because locals believed that sex work prevented rape and bolstered the economy, so long as it was regulated and confined to a particular area of town. The madams enjoyed unprecedented status as influential businesswomen, community leaders and philanthropists, while elsewhere a growing aversion to the sex trade drove red-light districts underground."--Page [4] of cover.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-219) and index.
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