| Prostitution, Polygamy, and Power: Salt Lake City, 1847-1918 Contributor(s): Nichols, Jeffrey (Author) |
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ISBN: 0252075927 ISBN-13: 9780252075926 Publisher: University of Illinois Press OUR PRICE: $27.72 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2008 Annotation: The history of prostitution in early Salt Lake City and its role in the long political and economic struggle between Mormons and gentiles |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) - Psychology | Human Sexuality (see Also Social Science - Human Sexuality) - History | Social History |
| Dewey: 306.740 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.5" W x 8.6" (0.80 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Geographic Orientation - Utah - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Locality - Salt Lake City-Ogden, Utah |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |