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Michael Rutter (2) (1953–)

Auteur van Upstairs Girls: Prostitution in the American West

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BYU Studies - Volume 21, Number 1 (Winter 1981) (1981) — Medewerker — 4 exemplaren

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Found at country fair event in eastern Oregon. Interesting stories of the old American west antics.
 
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Katyefk | 2 andere besprekingen | Jun 5, 2022 |
Interesting stories of the women who 'ran' with the Wild Bunch - Butch Cassidy, Sundance Kid, Kid Curry, and others. The writing is a bit boring at times but the stories are interesting.
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wearylibrarian | Jul 31, 2017 |
Upstairs Girls begins with a history of prostitution in the West. The different classes of prostitution are explained; although prostitutes were looked down upon, there were different classes of them. The book ends with short biographies of 14 prostitutes -- these stories include both the madams who owned or managed the houses of prostitution, and the common prostitutes. The book includes a helpful glossary of terms in addition to a bibliography and index. This book is a popular rather than a scholarly history; although there are quotations, the book lacks footnotes/end-notes, and the works some of the quotations are attributed to do not appear in the bibliography.… (meer)
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sallylou61 | 2 andere besprekingen | Jan 26, 2016 |
Despite the rather sensational subtitle this, is a fairly sober account of women sex workers in the west, many of then forced into prostitution by their socio-economic circumstances.
 
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antiquary | Feb 21, 2015 |

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