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Author Branstetter, Heather, author

Title Selling sex in the Silver Valley : a business doing pleasure / Dr. Heather Branstetter
Published Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (222 pages) : illustrations, maps
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-219) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Brothels -- Idaho -- Wallace -- History
Prostitutes -- Idaho -- Wallace -- History
Prostitution -- Idaho -- Wallace -- History
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
Brothels
Prostitutes
Prostitution
SUBJECT Wallace (Idaho) -- History
Subject Idaho -- Wallace
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781439660713
1439660719
Other Titles Business doing pleasure