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Sin City North Sex, Drugs, and Citizenship in the Detroit-Windsor Borderland / Holly M. Karibo.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Karibo, Holly M.
- Series:
- David J. Weber series in the new borderlands history.
- The David J. Weber series in the new borderlands history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Borderlands--Canada--History--20th century.
- Borderlands.
- Borderlands--United States--History--20th century.
- Vice control--Ontario--Windsor--History--20th century.
- Vice control.
- Vice control--Michigan--Detroit--History--20th century.
- Windsor (Ont.)--Moral conditions--History--20th century.
- Windsor (Ont.).
- Detroit (Mich.)--Moral conditions--History--20th century.
- Detroit (Mich.).
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (227 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2015]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 'Sin City North' examines the history of illicit economies in the Detroit-Windsor borderland during the post-World War II period. Karibo uncovers a thriving illegal border culture in the bars, brothels, dance halls, and jazz clubs that emerged around the busiest crossing point between the United States and Canada.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Building the "Detroit- Windsor Funnel,":Tourism, Prohibition, and Border Politics before World War II; 2 Border Brothels: Sex Tourism in the Postwar Borderland; 3 Mainlining along the Line: Building a Transnational Drug Market; 4 Sin, Slums, and Shady Characters: Fighting Vice in the Detroit- Windsor Region; 5 Prohibition, Enforcement, and Border Politics: Debating Vice at the National Level; Conclusion; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 979-88-908484-2-0
- 979-88-908484-3-7
- 1-4696-2522-9
- OCLC:
- 921988693
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