Awards

• Winner of Clio Prize for British Columbia awarded by Canadian Historical Association 2010 (Canada)

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'Ross's book is outstanding? Ross very effectively uses the erotic entertainment business as a lens through which to view Vancouver history in the post-World War II period ? a hugely important period in shaping what the city was to become? it gives us insight into the entire industry, profiling not only the strippers and the problems they faced, but also the men who owned and ran the clubs.' -- Gerald Hunt: Labour/leTravail, vol 67: Spring2011 'Ross paints a complex and rich historical snapshot of Vancouver nightlife and argues that the industry was fundamentally important to the city's burgeoning economy.' -- Lara Campbell

'Ross's book is outstanding... Ross very effectively uses the erotic entertainment business as a lens through which to view Vancouver history in the post-World War II period - a hugely important period in shaping what the city was to become... it gives us insight into the entire industry, profiling not only the strippers and the problems they faced, but also the men who owned and ran the clubs.' -- Gerald Hunt: Labour/leTravail, vol 67: Spring2011 'Ross paints a complex and rich historical snapshot of Vancouver nightlife and argues that the industry was fundamentally important to the city's burgeoning economy.' -- Lara Campbell BC Studies; Number 169: Spring 2011

'Ross's book is outstanding... Ross very effectively uses the erotic entertainment business as a lens through which to view Vancouver history in the post-World War II period - a hugely important period in shaping what the city was to become... it gives us insight into the entire industry, profiling not only the strippers and the problems they faced, but also the men who owned and ran the clubs.' -- Gerald Hunt: Labour/leTravail, vol 67: Spring2011

Author Information

Becki L. Ross is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology and the Chair of the Women's and Gender Studies Program at the University of British Columbia.

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