City of Eros: New York City, Prostitution, and the Commercialization of Sex, 1790-1920 by Timothy J. Gilfoyle

City of Eros: New York City, Prostitution, and the Commercialization of Sex, 1790-1920

Timothy J. Gilfoyle

448 pages first pub 1992 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
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In the 19th century, New York saw the development of a sex industry at the heart of a consumer world of entertainment, goods, newspapers and advertising. In this book, Gilfoyle blends first-hand experience with demographic research to present a st...

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