Brothels, Bordellos, and Bad Girls
Prostitution in Colorado, 1860-1930
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 yea…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-8263-3343-8
- EAN: 9780826333438
- Produktnummer: 3092269
- Verlag: University Of New Mexico Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
- Seitenangabe: 330 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.9 cm 509 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 509
Über den Autor
Jan MacKell is a historian and preservationist in Cripple Creek, Colorado. Thomas J. Noel, also known as Dr. Colorado, is professor of history and director of public history, preservation, and Colorado studies at the University of Colorado, Denver.
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