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The Social Structure of the USSR

The Social Structure of the USSR Recent Soviet Studies

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Publisher's Synopsis

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: 9780873324687
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Imprint: Routledge
Pub date:
Edition: 1st edition
DEWEY: 305.50947
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 288
Weight: 380g
Height: 235mm
Width: 159mm
Spine width: 15mm