THE FAIR BUT FRAIL: Prostitution in San Francisco 1849-1900
by BARNHART, Jacqueline Baker
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About This Item
Reno, NV: University of Nevada Press, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/as new. Octavo; xii, 136 pages, cloth. Surprisingly scarce.
Issued as no. 23 in the Nevada Studies in History and Political Science series. Deals with the mores, morals, and ecoomic conditions in San Francisco in the 19th century. "During the 1850s, 1860s, and 1870s in San Francisco, prostitutes were first admired, then tolerated, and finally ostracised (in public) by the general population. ... in the early years in San Francisco, the scarcity of women served to increase the appreciation of the few who were there." - Introduction. 8 pp. of photos, indexed.
Issued as no. 23 in the Nevada Studies in History and Political Science series. Deals with the mores, morals, and ecoomic conditions in San Francisco in the 19th century. "During the 1850s, 1860s, and 1870s in San Francisco, prostitutes were first admired, then tolerated, and finally ostracised (in public) by the general population. ... in the early years in San Francisco, the scarcity of women served to increase the appreciation of the few who were there." - Introduction. 8 pp. of photos, indexed.
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- Bookseller
- Thomas J. Joyce And Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20220746
- Title
- THE FAIR BUT FRAIL
- Author
- BARNHART, Jacqueline Baker
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- as new
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- University of Nevada Press
- Place of Publication
- Reno, NV
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- san francisco california prostitution 19th century
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Joyce And Company has been in business as a professional rare bookseller and appraiser since 1975. Owner Thomas Joyce was the regular book appraiser on Home & Garden TV\'s \"The Appraisal Fair\\\" program, on international broadcasts. Thomas Joyce was the co-discoverer of George Washington's personal copy of William Leybourn's 1679 edition of THE COMPLEAT SURVEYOR, from which young Washington learned some of his surveying skills at age 16. The book had vanished for nearly a century until its re-discovery in 2017. It is now back at Mt. Vernon.
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