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Democracy in Contemporary Japan

Gavan McCormack author Yoshio Sugimoto author Gavan McCormack editor Yoshio Sugimoto editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Inc

Published:21st Aug '17

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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.

ISBN: 9780873323970

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 566g

272 pages