Ah Ku and Karayuki-san : prostitution in Singapore, 1870-1940
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Ah Ku and Karayuki-san : prostitution in Singapore, 1870-1940
（Singapore : studies in society & history）
Singapore University Press, 2003
- : pbk
Available at 17 libraries
Note
Bibliography: p. [414]-428
Includes index
Maps on lining papers
First published: Singapore : Oxford University Press, 1993
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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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