Ah Ku and Karayuki-san: Prostitution in Singapore, 1870-1940
- ISBN-10
- 9971692678
- ISBN-13
- 9789971692674
- Category
- Prostitution
- Pages
- 433
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Publisher
- NUS Press
- Author
- James Francis Warren
Description
Among the groups of workers whose labour built Singapore in the 20th century were women who travelled from China and Japan to work in Singapore as prostitutes. This study explores the trade in women and children in Asia, and looks at the daily lives of prostitutes in the colonial city.
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- 2019-10-15
- 249 pages
- Paperback
- National University of Singapore Press
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- 1993
- 433 pages
- Paperback
- Oxford University Press
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