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Author:

Meyer, Kathryn, 1947- author.

Title:

Life and death in the garden : sex, drugs, cops, and robbers in wartime China / Kathryn Meyer.

Publisher:

Rowman & Littlefield,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

x, 273 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Prostitution--Harbin--Harbin--History--20th century.
Drug traffic--Harbin--Harbin--History--20th century.
Crime--Harbin--Harbin--History--20th century.
Japan--History--China--History--20th century.
China--History--Japan--History--20th century.
Manchuria (China)--History--1931-1945.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-266) and index.

Contents:

Acknowledgments -- A word about transliterations and names -- Prologue -- Introduction -- In the garden -- Ice city -- Settlers -- Dirty work -- Contested land -- Conflict -- Manchukuo -- Control -- Working girls -- Harbin vice drugs -- Harbin vice gambling -- End of the road -- Punishing the police -- Conclusion -- Appendix A Character list -- Appendix B Cursing -- Appendix C Flophouse names and franchise owners -- Appendix D Currency -- Appendix E Cost of scavenged goods -- Appendix F Smuggling costs -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the author.

Series:

State and society in East Asia.

ISBN:

1442223529 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781442223523 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)870284886

LCCN:

2014008575

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)