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Regulating prostitution in China gender and local statebuilding, 1900-1937

Title: Regulating prostitution in China [electronic resource] : gender and local statebuilding, 1900-1937 / Elizabeth J. Remick.
Author: Remick, Elizabeth J., 1966-
Publication: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2014]

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1 online resource (xv, 270 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Uniform Title

Regulating prostitution in China (Online)

Alternative Title

Regulating prostitution in China (Online)

Subject

Prostitution > Government policy > History > China > 20th century
Sex role > China > History > 20th century
Local government > China > History > 20th century

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-264) and index.

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Access restricted to authorized users.

Contents

Introduction : prostitution, gender, and the state in early twentieth-century China -- The origins of China's prostitution regulation regime -- Hangzhou : the light regulatory approach -- Guangzhou : revenue-intensive prostitution regulation -- Kunming : coercion-intensive prostitution regulation -- The jiliangsuo : prostitute rescue institutions -- Epilogue : the regulation of prostitution in the twenty-first century.

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