Selling sex in the Silver Valley : a business doing pleasure /
Branstetter, Heather,
Selling sex in the Silver Valley : a business doing pleasure / Business doing pleasure Dr. Heather Branstetter. - 1 online resource (222 pages) : illustrations, maps
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-219) and index.
"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.
9781439660713
Brothels--History.--Idaho--Wallace
Prostitution--History.--Idaho--Wallace
Prostitutes--History.--Idaho--Wallace
Wallace (Idaho)--History.
Electronic books.
HQ146.W35 / .B736 2017
306.74
Selling sex in the Silver Valley : a business doing pleasure / Business doing pleasure Dr. Heather Branstetter. - 1 online resource (222 pages) : illustrations, maps
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-219) and index.
"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.
9781439660713
Brothels--History.--Idaho--Wallace
Prostitution--History.--Idaho--Wallace
Prostitutes--History.--Idaho--Wallace
Wallace (Idaho)--History.
Electronic books.
HQ146.W35 / .B736 2017
306.74