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Good Time Girls of Colorado
- A Red-Light History of the Centennial State
Engelsk Paperback
Good Time Girls of Colorado
- A Red-Light History of the Centennial State
Engelsk Paperback

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Throughout the development of the American West, prostitution grew and flourished within the mining camps, small towns, and cities of nineteenth-century Colorado. Whether escaping a bad home life, lured by false advertising, or seeking to subsidize their income, thousands of women chose or were forced to enter an industry where they faced segregation and persecution, fines and jailing, and battled the hazards of disease, drug addiction, physical abuse, pregnancy, and abortion. They dreamed of escape through marriage or retirement, but more often found relief only in death. An integral part of western history, the stories of these women continue to fascinate readers and captivate the minds of historians today.Expanding on the research she did for Brothels, Bordellos, and Bad Girls (UNM Press), historian Jan MacKell digs deeper into the mining towns of Colorado to explore the history of prostitution in the Centennial State. This state had its share of working girls and madams like Big Nose Kate or Calamity Jane who remain celebrities in the annals of history, but MacKell also includes the stories of lesser-known women whose role in this illicit trade nonetheless shaped our understanding of the American West.
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
200
ISBN-13:
9781493038053
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1493038052
Udg. Dato:
22 aug 2019
Længde:
14mm
Bredde:
152mm
Højde:
229mm
Forlag:
Globe Pequot Press
Oplagsdato:
22 aug 2019
Forfatter(e):
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