To browse Academia. My greatest debt is to John Modell, a historian who knows a great deal about sociology, and who found it perfectly natural that a soci ologist would want to learn some history.
He introduced me to his discipline and guided me through the early stages of this project, commenting on innumerable early drafts. He continually encour aged me to expand my vision, to place what happened in St. Paul in its larger context. I also owe thanks to those who helped me locate and gather source materials. Former St. Paul chief of police Richard H.
Rowan and former deputy chief James S. Griff en gave me access to the man uscript arrest ledger. I especially want to thank Ann Regan of the Minnesota His torical Society for answering some of my questions. Finally, Judy Young and Joan Best assisted me in collecting and organizing the data. Several people commented on portions of the manuscript, giving me good advice which I didn't always take.
David F. Luckenbill and Loy Bilderback deserve special mention; they read drafts of the entire manuscript and found many ways to improve it. At a later stage, Joel B. Grossman's critical reading and discussions with Andrew Altman helped me refine some key distinctions. I am grateful for all of this help. A shorter version of chapter 3 appeared in the Journal of Inter disciplinary History; portions of chapter 2 and chapter 5 appeared, in very different forms, in Minnesota History and Research on So cial Policy.
A small grant from the California State University, Fresno Foundation helped support some of my early work on this project. Prostitution was a rampant and thriving industry in late nineteenth and early twentieth century Texas.
