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City of Eros:
New York City, Prostitution, and the Commercialization of Sex, 1790-1920

by Timothy J. Gilfoyle

ISBN0393311082 / 9780393311082 / 0-393-31108-2
PublisherW W Norton & Co Inc
LanguageEnglish
EditionSoftcover
List price$19.95

Book summary

In the 19th century, New York saw the development of a sex industry at the heart of a consumer world of entertainment, goods, newspapers and advertising. In this book, Gilfoyle blends first-hand experience with demographic research to present a study of the politics and economics of sex. [via]

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