How Long to Read Regulating Prostitution in China

How Long Does it Take to Read Regulating Prostitution in China?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 57 minutes to read Regulating Prostitution in China by Elizabeth J. Remick

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

In 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 structures and capacities of the state. This book examines how the ways in which local government chose to shape the institution of prostitution ended up transforming local states themselves. It begins by looking at the origins of prostitution regulation in Europe and how it spread from there to China via Tokyo. Elizabeth Remick then drills down into the different regulatory approaches of Guangzhou (revenue-intensive), Kunming (coercion-intensive), and Hangzhou (light regulation). In all three cases, there were distinct consequences and implications for statebuilding, some of which made governments bigger and wealthier, some of which weakened and undermined development. This study makes a strong case for why gender needs to be written into the story of statebuilding in China, even though women, generally barred from political life at that time in China, were not visible political actors.

How long is Regulating Prostitution in China?

Regulating Prostitution in China by Elizabeth J. Remick is 288 pages long, and a total of 74,304 words.

This makes it 97% the length of the average book. It also has 91% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Regulating Prostitution in China Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 46 minutes to read Regulating Prostitution in China aloud.

What Reading Level is Regulating Prostitution in China?

Regulating Prostitution in China is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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