Democracy in Contemporary Japan

Democracy in Contemporary Japan
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 254
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ISBN-13 : 9781315494357
ISBN-10 : 1315494353
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Download or read book Democracy in Contemporary Japan written by Gavan McCormack and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-28 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title was first published in 1986: 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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