The study of women in twentieth-century China has expanded so quickly in the past two
decades that a state-of-the-field survey becomes outdated in the time that it takes to …

" This history is... the first fully-fleshed story of African Nairobi in all of its complexity which
foregrounds African experiences. Given the overwhelming white dominance in the written …

“Weitzer provides an in-depth examination of legalized prostitution systems, while also
proposing a new paradigm for understanding sex work.”—Qualitative Criminology While sex …

This book explores the role of native place associations in the development of modern
Chinese urban society and the role of native-place identity in the development of urban …

BEFORE 1980, THE PROSTITUTE was" pornographic." Few historians considered
prostitution an important topic, and studies of the subject commonly played to the …

“[An] enlightening and entertaining... survey of the world's oldest profession” from the Whore
of Babylon to the modern sex-worker movement (Kirkus Reviews). From Eve and Lilith to …

Shanghai's nightlife, from the mid-nineteenth century until the victory of the Communist Party
in 1949, was dominated by the world of prostitution. Henriot portrays the Chinese sex trade …

In the decades following the introduction of Communist Party rule in Shanghai in 1949, the
city's economy, infrastructure and links with the world all atrophied. However, the past …

Paul J. Bailey provides the first analytical study in English of Chinese women's experiences
during China's turbulent twentieth century. Incorporating the very latest specialized research …

Between 1840 and 1920, Cuba abolished slavery, fought two wars of independence, and
was occupied by the United States before finally becoming an independent republic. Tiffany …