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



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Description 1 online resource (222 pages) : illustrations, maps
ISBN 9781467136563
9781439660713 (e-book)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-219) and index.
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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.
System Details Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Note Description based on print version record.
Link Print version: Branstetter, Heather. Selling sex in the Silver Valley : a business doing pleasure. Charleston, SC : History Press, 2017 222 pages 9781467136563 (DLC) 2016961715
Subject Brothels -- Idaho -- Wallace -- History.
Prostitution -- Idaho -- Wallace -- History.
Prostitutes -- Idaho -- Wallace -- History.
Wallace (Idaho) -- History.
Alt Title Business doing pleasure

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