Love for sale: courting, treating, and prostitution in New York City, 1900-1945

Introduction: The evolution of "near whores" and "whores in the making"

Today's children: courtship, Americanization, and modernity

The treat: transforming sexual values at the turn of the century

These are the people in your neighborhood: prostitution, commerce, and community in turn-of-the-century New York City

A fight on the home front: the repression of prostitution during World War I

Doing our part for the boys in uniform: sexuality, treating, courtship, and patriotism

Nudes fell pinch!: prostitution, prohibition, and the emergence of America's sex industry

Treating, dating, petting, and the class dynamics of America's first sexual revolution

Conclusion: A new type of girl in an old type of delinquency: women, sexuality, and venereal disease during World War II.