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Brothels, Bordellos, and Bad Girls: Prostitution in Colorado, 1860-1930 (Paperba
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- Condition
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- 9780826333438
- ISBN
- 0826333435
- Binding
- TP
- Book Title
- Brothels, Bordellos, and Bad Girls : Prostitution in Colorado, 1860-1930
- Item Length
- 8.9 in
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press
- Publication Year
- 2007
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.8 in
- Genre
- History, Social Science
- Topic
- Sociology / General, United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Customs & Traditions, United States / General, Prostitution & Sex Trade
- Item Width
- 5.9 in
- Item Weight
- 16.2 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 320 Pages
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Prostitution thrived in pioneer Colorado. Mining was the principal occupation and men outnumbered women more than twenty to one. Jan MacKell provides a detailed overview of the business between 1860 and 1930, focusing her research on the mining towns of Cripple Creek, Salida, Colorado City, and similar boomtown communities. She used census data, Sanborn maps, city directories, property records, marriage records, and court records to document and trace the movements of the women over the course of their careers, uncovering work histories, medical problems, and numerous relocations from town to town. She traces many to their graves, through years filled with abuse, disease, narcotics, and violence. MacKell has unearthed numerous colorful and often touching stories, like that of the boy raised in a brothel who was invited to play with a neighbor's children and replied, "No, my mother is a whore and says I am to stay at home." "Delicacy, humor, respect, and compassion are among the merits of this book. Although other authors have flirted with Colorado's commercial sex, Jan MacKell provides a detailed overview. She has been researching these elusive women for the last fifteen years. Such persistence allows her to offer rich detail on shady ladies who rarely used their real names or even stuck with the same professional name for long."--Thomas J. Noel, from the Introduction
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Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
ISBN-10
0826333435
ISBN-13
9780826333438
eBay Product ID (ePID)
61064028
Product Key Features
Book Title
Brothels, Bordellos, and Bad Girls : Prostitution in Colorado, 1860-1930
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Sociology / General, United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Customs & Traditions, United States / General, Prostitution & Sex Trade
Publication Year
2007
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
History, Social Science
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.9 in
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Width
5.9 in
Item Weight
16.2 Oz
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Trade
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""Brothels, Bordellos, and Bad Girls" is an interesting piece of Colorado's popular history and enhances our understanding of some of the social relations that formed within the state's numerous mining communities.", "The topic is interesting--or should one say, "titillating"--the author knowledgeable; the presentation non-judgmental and the work, scholarly with end notes, a bibliography and index. . . well-written.", . . . a godsend for screenwriters and novelists looking for plots. . . MacKell has been an industrious researcher., Delicacy, humor, respect, and compassion are among the merits of this book. Although other authors have flirted with Colorado's commercial sex, Jan MacKell provides a detailed overview. She has been researching these elusive women for the last fifteen years. Such persistence allows her to offer rich detail on shady ladies who rarely used their real names or even stuck with the same professional name for long., ." . . a godsend for screenwriters and novelists looking for plots. . . MacKell has been an industrious researcher.", ""Brothels, Bordellos, & Bad Girls" tells a rarely told tale, of the "tainted" women who helped settle the west.", The topic is interesting, the author knowledgeable, the presentation nonjudgmental...All sorts of interesting facts pop up in this work., The depth of MacKell's research brings the stories of scores of individual women to life. . . . Recommended., "Now this is a book you can read in one sitting. Not that it is less than scholarly; it is comprehensive, extensively researched, well organized, well written, but most of all it is readable. In fact, it is compelling. . . . "Brothels, Bordellos, & Bad Girls" is a fascinating book because it puts a human face on prostitution.", ""Brothels, Bordellos, & Bad Girls" is an extensively researched local history, balancing both primary and secondary sources with intriguing references to interviews with (and respect for the privacy of) living descendents. . . . MacKell gives a well-deserved human face to these hard-working western pioneers who, in their time, were ignored as human beings and seen only as whores.", Neither romanticizing nor ridiculing these women, MacKell recounts both their tragedies and occasional happy endings. While detailing the realities of the business, she also creates vivid portraits of some participants., This is serious social history at its best; MacKell combines skilled use of carefully collected data with an engrossing analysis of the many forces in play when women choose a way of life that seldom ends in true reward or real independence., Delicacy, humor, respect and compassion are among the merits of MacKell's treatment of this touchy subject. Her 15 years of research unearthed revealing details.
Copyright Date
2007
Dewey Decimal
306.74/082/09788
Dewey Edition
22
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