"From a throne of glory to a seat of ignominy": Shanghai prostitution revisited (1849-1949)

Modern China

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 132-163

  Henriot, Christian ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

^b Department of Chinese History ^*

^c University of Lyon   (France)

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