Democracy in Contemporary Japan

Democracy in Contemporary Japan

Hardback (01 Dec 1986)

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Publisher's Synopsis

This title was first published in 1986: This is a study of "karayuki-san", impoverished Japanese women sent abroad to work as prostitutes from the 1860s to the 1920s. It follows the life of one prostitute, Osaki, who is persuaded as a child of ten to accept cleaning work in Borneo and then forced to work as a prostitute in a brothel.

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Book information

ISBN: 9780873323970
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Imprint: Routledge
Pub date:
DEWEY: 321.80952
DEWEY edition: 19
Language: English
Number of pages: 272
Weight: 566g
Height: 234mm
Width: 156mm
Spine width: 16mm