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1 online resource (222 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-219) and index. |
| 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. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
| Subject |
Brothels -- Idaho -- Wallace -- History.
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Prostitution -- Idaho -- Wallace -- History.
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Prostitutes -- Idaho -- Wallace -- History.
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Wallace (Idaho) -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Title |
Business doing pleasure |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Branstetter, Heather. Selling sex in the Silver Valley : a business doing pleasure. Charleston, SC : History Press, 2017 222 pages 9781467136563 (DLC) 2016961715 |
| ISBN |
9781467136563 |
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9781439660713 (electronic bk.) |
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