Description |
xiv, 231 p. : ill. |
Series |
Studies in industry and society |
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Studies in industry and society.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-224) and index. |
Contents |
Introduction : It's a wonderful life: red-light districts and anti-vice reform -- Segregating vice, 1890-1909 -- The sporting world, 1890-1917 -- Race, riots, and red-light districts, 1906-1910 -- The vice trust : a reinterpretation of the white slavery scare, 1907-1917 -- The war on vice, 1910-1919 -- The syndicate : prohibition and the rise of organized crime, 1919-1933 -- Conclusion : progressivism, prohibition, and policy options. |
Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
Subject |
Red-light districts -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Prostitution -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Vice control -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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Added Title |
For business and pleasure |
ISBN |
9780801894138 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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0801894131 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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