Penny A Petersen

Minneapolis Madams

The Lost History of Prostitution on the Riverfront

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Minneapolis Madams is the surprising and riveting account of the Minneapolis red-light district and the powerful madams who ran it. Penny Petersen brings to life this nearly forgotten chapter of Minneapolis history, tracing the story of how these “houses of ill fame” rose to prominence in the late nineteenth century and were finally shut down in the early twentieth century.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Minnesota Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Juli 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 215mm x 142mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 277g
• ISBN-13: 9780816665242
• ISBN-10: 0816665249
• Artikelnr.: 37182816

Autorenporträt

Penny Petersen is a historical researcher and the author of Hiding in Plain Sight: Minneapolis’ First Neighborhood.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Public Women of Minneapolis
1. Women’s Work of all Kinds: Paid Labor, Sex Work, and the Reform Movement
2. The War on the Madams: Purity Crusades and Liquor Patrols
3. Red Lights Along the Riverfront: The Madams Make their Move
4. Reforming the City: Doc Ames, “White Slavery”, and the End of an Era
5. Vice Report: After the Bordellos Closed
Notes
Index