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Minneapolis madams : the lost history of prostitution on the riverfront /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Petersen, Penny A.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2013]
Subjects:
Prostitution > Minnesota > Minneapolis.
Brothels > Minnesota > Minneapolis.
Table of Contents:
  • Women's work of all kinds : paid labor, sex work, and the reform movement
  • The war on the madams : purity crusades and liquor patrols
  • Red lights along the riverfront : the madams make their move
  • Reforming the city : Doc Ames, "white slavery," and the end of an era
  • Vice report : after the bordellos closed.