Democracy in Contemporary Japan
Author | : Gavan McCormack |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 254 |
Release | : 2017-07-28 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781315494357 |
ISBN-13 | : 1315494353 |
Rating | : 4/5 (57 Downloads) |
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.