Gentlewomen: The Westernizing of Chinese American Prostitutes in San Francisco, 1870-1940 A History on Chinese American Prostitution, Missionaries and the Law

By considering San Francisco’s legal, social, and cultural history during the late 19th and early 20th centuries in relation to American law, missionary women, and Chinese American prostitutes, this thesis argues that by aggressively trying to control Chinese sexuality through laws, “yellow slave” n...

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Main Author: Dykman, Jennifer Becker
Format: Others
Published: Digital Archive @ GSU 2010
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Online Access:http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/history_theses/38
http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1037&context=history_theses