Saloons, Prostitutes, and Temperance in Alaska Territory

by Catherine Holder Spude

Book Overview

Prostitution, gambling, and saloons were a vital, if not universally welcome, part of life in frontier boomtowns. In Saloons, Prostitutes, and Temperance in Alaska Territory, Catherine Holder Spude explores the rise and fall of these enterprises in Skagway, Alaska, between the gold rush of 1897 and the enactment of Prohibition in 1918. Her gritty account offers a case study in the clash between working-class men and middle-class women, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806193166
• ISBN13: 9780806193168
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"