Love for Sale

Description:

Comparing prostitution and courtship with a new working-class practice of heterosexual barter called 'treating' during the period between 1900 and 1945, this book examines changes in sexual morality and sexual and economic practices in New York.

subjects: Women, united states, social conditions,  New york (n.y.), social conditions,  Prostitution,  History,  Sex customs,  Courtship,  New york (state), social conditions,  Prostitution--history,  Prostitution--new york (state)--new york--history--20th century,  Sex customs--history,  Sex customs--new york (state)--new york--history--20th century,  Courtship--history,  Courtship--new york (state)--new york--history--20th century,  Hq146.n7 c55 2006,  306.7409747/1