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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Publication date
June 1, 2002
Pages
258
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780449006580
ISBN-10
0449006581
Dimensions
0.75 by 5.50 by 8.25 in.
Weight
0.50 lbs.
Original list price
$16.00
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
A female doctor chronicles her observations of and eye-opening interviews with the women living and working as legal prostitutes at Nevada's Mustang Ranch, the nation's largest brothel. Reprint.
(view table of contents)Amazon.com description: Product Description: When Harvard medical student Alexa Albert conducted a public-health study as the Mustang Ranch brothel in Nevada, the only state in the union where prostitution is legal, neither she nor the brothel could have predicted the end result. Having worked with homeless prostitutes in Times Square, Albert was intimate with human devastation cause by the sex trade, and curious to see if Nevada’s brothels offered a less harmful model for a business that will always be with us. The Mustang Ranch has never before given an outsider such access, but fear of AIDS was hurting the business, and the Ranch was eager to get publicity for its rigorous standards of sexual hygiene. Albert was drawn into the lives of the women of the Mustang Ranch, and what began as a public-health project evolved into something more intimate and ambitious, a six-year study of the brothel ecosystem, its lessons and significance.
The women of the Mustang Ranch poured their stories out to Albert: how they came to be there, their surprisingly deep sense of craft and vocation, how they reconciled their profession with life on the outside. Dr. Albert went as far into this world as it is possible to go — some will say too far — including sitting in on sessions with customers, and the result is a book that puts an unforgettable face on America’s maligned and caricatured subculture.
The women of the Mustang Ranch poured their stories out to Albert: how they came to be there, their surprisingly deep sense of craft and vocation, how they reconciled their profession with life on the outside. Dr. Albert went as far into this world as it is possible to go — some will say too far — including sitting in on sessions with customers, and the result is a book that puts an unforgettable face on America’s maligned and caricatured subculture.
Editions
Hardcover
1st edition from Random House Inc (May 1, 2001)
9780375503313 | details & prices | 271 pages | 9.50 × 5.75 × 1.25 in. | 1.10 lbs | List price $24.95
About: A female doctor chronicles her time observing and interviewing women living and working as legal prostitutes at Mustang Ranch, the nation's largest brothel.
About: A female doctor chronicles her time observing and interviewing women living and working as legal prostitutes at Mustang Ranch, the nation's largest brothel.
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
Reprint edition from Ballantine Books (June 1, 2002)
9780449006580 | details & prices | 258 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $16.00
About: Chronicles the observations of a female doctor when she examined the public health and moral issues of a legalized brothel in Nevada.
About: Chronicles the observations of a female doctor when she examined the public health and moral issues of a legalized brothel in Nevada.
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