Regulating Prostitution in China: Gender and Local Statebuilding, 1900-1937

Regulating Prostitution in China: Gender and Local Statebuilding, 1900-1937 Remick Elizabeth J. Wydawca: Stanford University Press Data wydania: 2014 ISBN: 9780804788366 Liczba stron: 288 Format: 160 x 235 x 26 Rodzaj oprawy: Hardback Opis produktu: DRAFT (to be approved by sponsor): The book examines the history of regulated prostitution in twentieth-century China as a way to show how, in concrete, monetary terms, government officials choices about gender and sexuality-what is acceptable behavior for women and men in these areas-can make local government bigger, more complex, wealthier, more powerful, or just the opposite.