Alecia P. Long is an assistant professor of history at Louisiana State University. She is coeditor of Occupied Women: Gender, Military Occupation, and the American Civil War.

"Storyville has become America's mythic red-light district.... Alecia Long pulls back Storyville's moth-eaten velvet draperies to reveal the district - and the city - with refreshing insight." - Houston Chronicle "A welcome addition to Louisiana, southern, and women's historiography. Highly recommended." - Choice "Long brilliantly charts the historical roots and evolution of the culture of commercial sexuality in New Orleans.... The result is a landmark book all should read." - Darlene Clark Hine, coauthor of A Shining Thread of Hope: The History of Black Women in America"

Alecia P. Long is an assistant professor of history at Louisiana State University. She is coeditor of Occupied Women: Gender, Military Occupation, and the American Civil War.

"Storyville has become America's mythic red-light district.... Alecia Long pulls back Storyville's moth-eaten velvet draperies to reveal the district - and the city - with refreshing insight." - Houston Chronicle "A welcome addition to Louisiana, southern, and women's historiography. Highly recommended." - Choice "Long brilliantly charts the historical roots and evolution of the culture of commercial sexuality in New Orleans.... The result is a landmark book all should read." - Darlene Clark Hine, coauthor of A Shining Thread of Hope: The History of Black Women in America"