Prostitution
An International Handbook on Trends, Problems, and Policies
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published:30th Oct '93
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
This is the first major reference describing female prostitution in 16 representative countries around the world.
The volume belongs in college, university, and institutional libraries and collections dealing with social problems, women's studies, international relations, and world history.
The volume opens with a lengthy introduction by the editor, Nanette Davis, defining the situation in general, pointing to current trends and future concerns.
Scholars from around the world have contributed to the first major reference book to be published on female prostitution as an international phenomenon. Experts survey and analyze the historical background, current problems and policies, and future possible directions in 16 representative countries. The volume belongs in college, university, and institutional libraries and collections dealing with social problems, women's studies, international relations, and world history. The volume opens with a lengthy introduction by the editor, Nanette Davis, defining the situation in general, pointing to current trends and future concerns. Country chapters, primarily by native writers, include: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, England and Wales, Germany, Italy, Japan, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Taiwan, United States, Vietnam, and the former Yugoslavia. Each chapter provides references, and the index makes the volume easily accessible to researchers in various disciplines.ISBN: 9780313257544
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 765g
424 pages