Selling sex in the Silver Valley : a business doing pleasure /
"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...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Charleston, SC :
History Press,
2017.
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| 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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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (222 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-219) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781439660713 |