xiii, 221 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-198) and index.
Contents
Selling sex and the law -- "Disgusting depravity" : sex across the color line -- The sexual exploitation of children -- Infamous public women -- Larceny and robbery among prostitutes -- Violent lives -- The murder of a "lewd and abandoned woman" : State of Louisiana v. Abraham Parker -- Keeping a brothel in antebellum New Orleans -- "An ordinance concerning lewd and abandoned women."