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Sex in Japan's Globalization, 1870–1930

Prostitutes, Emigration and Nation-Building
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Sex in Japan's Globalization, 1870–1930 explores the intricate relations between gender hierarchies and the political economy during Japan's early modernisation. Drawing on extensive archival research from Japan, Britain, and the United States, Bill Mihalopoulos sheds new light on how Japanese overseas prostitution intersected with nation-building, labour migration, imperialism, and ideals of womanhood in a rapidly globalising world.
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This work will appeal to readers interested in Japanese history, gender studies, modernisation, imperialism, and global labour migration, particularly students and scholars seeking a nuanced understanding of Japan's social and political transformations in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Based on archival research undertaken in Japan, Britain and the United States, Mihalopoulos offers a new perspective on the relations between gender hierarchies and the political economy in a newly modernized Japan.

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Based on archival research undertaken in Japan, Britain and the United States, Mihalopoulos offers a new perspective on the relations between gender hierarchies and the political economy in a newly modernised Japan.

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Series: Perspectives in Economic and Social History

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American Historical Review praises it as the finest English-language analysis of Japanese overseas prostitution from 1870 to 1930. Social Science Japan Journal calls it one of the best manuscripts demonstrating the importance of sex and gender in historical study. Pacific Affairs highlights its original and stimulating contribution, while Monumenta Nipponica recommends it for all students interested in Japanese modernity, sexuality, gender construction, and nation creation amid globalisation.

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ISBN: 9781848932012

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 01 July 2011

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 540g

Pages: 194

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