03014nam 2200589 450 991046467960332120200520144314.00-8047-9083-3(CKB)3710000000092464(EBL)1650362(SSID)ssj0001132860(PQKBManifestationID)12482036(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001132860(PQKBWorkID)11154719(PQKB)11033811(StDuBDS)EDZ0000886871(MiAaPQ)EBC1650362(Au-PeEL)EBL1650362(CaPaEBR)ebr10846125(OCoLC)878138110(EXLCZ)99371000000009246420140318h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRegulating prostitution in China gender and local statebuilding, 1900-1937 /Elizabeth J. RemickStanford, California :Stanford University Press,2014.©20141 online resource (289 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8047-8836-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Maps, Tables, and Figures; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction: Prostitution, Gender, and the State in Early Twentieth-Century China; Chapter 1: The Origins of China's Prostitution Regulation Regime; Chapter 2: Hangzhou - The Light Regulatory Approach; Chapter 3: Guangzhou - Revenue-Intensive Prostitution Regulation; Chapter 4: Kunming - Coercion-Intensive Prostitution Regulation; Chapter 5: The Jiliangsuo - Prostitute Rescue Institutions; Epilogue: The Regulation of Prostitution in the Twenty-first Century; Notes; Glossary; Works Cited; IndexIn the early decades of the twentieth century, prostitution was one of only a few fates available to women and girls besides wife, servant, or factory worker. At the turn of the century, cities across China began to register, tax, and monitor prostitutes, taking different forms in different cities. Intervention by way of prostitution regulation connected the local state, politics, and gender relations in important new ways. The decisions that local governments made about how to deal with gender, and specifically the thorny issue of prostitution, had concrete and measurable effects on the ProstitutionGovernment policyChinaHistory20th centurySex roleChinaHistory20th centuryLocal governmentChinaHistory20th centuryElectronic books.ProstitutionGovernment policyHistorySex roleHistoryLocal governmentHistory363.4/40951Remick Elizabeth J.1966-931431MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910464679603321Regulating prostitution in China2095230UNINA