The Fair But Frail. Prostitution in San Francisco, 1849-1900

Book Description

Reno: University of Nevada Press, 1986 First edition. xii, 136pp. Illustrations from early photographs and prints, map. Extensive notes, bibliography and index. Black cloth lettered in silver. A very fine copy with pictorial dust jacket. A good study of prostitution in San Francisco and its relationship to society, from the Gold Rush through the Victorian era. It shows how the economic, political, and social conditions of San Francisco's early heyday affected the public acceptance of the "fair but frail.".

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