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

ISBN-13: 9780252075926 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 272 str.

Jeffrey Nichols

Opis

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.