Prostitution, Polygamy, and Power: Salt Lake City, 1847-1918 - Couverture rigide

Nichols, Jeffrey

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 025202768X ISBN 13 : 9780252027680

Editeur : University of Illinois Press, 2002

Synopsis

After the transcontinental railroad opened Utah to large-scale emigration and market capitalism, hundreds of women in Salt Lake City began to sell sex for a living, and a few earned small fortunes. Businessmen and politicians developed a financial stake in prostitution, which was regulated by both Mormon and gentile officials. In this book, Jeffrey Nichols examines how prostitution became a focal point in the moral contest between Mormons and gentiles and aided in the construction of gender systems, moral standards, and the city's physical and economic landscapes.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jeffrey Nichols is an associate professor of history at Westminster College in Salt Lake City.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Illinois Press
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 025202768X
• ISBN 13: 9780252027680
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 272
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible