TY - BOOK AU - Schafer,Judith Kelleher ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Brothels, depravity, and abandoned women: illegal sex in antebellum New Orleans AV - HQ146.N6 S33 2009eb U1 - 364.15/34097633509034 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Baton Rouge PB - Louisiana State University Press KW - Prostitution KW - Louisiana KW - New Orleans KW - History KW - Brothels KW - Sex-oriented businesses KW - Sex customs KW - Women KW - Social conditions KW - New Orleans (La.) KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-198) and index; 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."; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10297306 ER -