Dockside Prostitution in South African Ports

History Compass

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 673-690

  Trotter, Henry ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85050254781     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14780542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-0542.2008.00528.x     Document Type: Article

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