Brothels, Bordellos, and Bad Girls: Prostitution in Colorado, 1860-1930

Brothels, Bordellos, and Bad Girls: Prostitution in Colorado, 1860-1930 Wydawca: University of New Mexico Press Opis produktu Prostitution thrived in pioneer Colorado. Mining was the principal occupation and men outnumbered women more than twenty to one. Jan MacKell provides a detailed overview of the business between 1860 and 1930, focusing her research on the mining towns of Cripple Creek, Salida, Colorado City, and similar boomtown communities. She used census data, Sanborn maps, city directories, property records, marriage records, and court records to document and trace the movements of the women over the course of their careers, uncovering work histories, medical problems, and numerous relocations from town to town. She traces many to their graves, through years filled with abuse, disease, narcotics, and violence. MacKell has unearthed numerous colorful and often touching stories, like that of the boy raised in a brothel who was invited to play with a neighbor's children and replied, "No, my mother is a whore and says I am to stay at home." "Delicacy, humor, respect, and compassion are among the merits of this book. Although other authors have flirted with Colorado's commercial sex, Jan MacKell provides a detailed overview. She has been researching these elusive women for the last fifteen years. Such persistence allows her to offer rich detail on shady ladies who rarely used their real names or even stuck with the same professional name for long."--Thomas J. Noel, from the Introduction Specyfikacja SKU: UNNM001159808 EAN: 9780826333438 Waga: 531 g Author: Mackell, Jan Binding: Paperback Pages: 320 Publication Year: 2007 BISAC Category 1: HIS036140 BISAC Category 2: SOC004000 BISAC Category 3: PSY016000