Notes

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. A note on names and nomenclature xi
5. Introduction: A special business 1
6. One. “To transship th em to some suitable island”: making policy in the midst of chaos 18
7. Two. Violence, commerce, marriage 49
8. Three. When flesh glittered: selling sex in Sasebo and Tokyo 74
9. Four. Legislating women: the push for a prostitution prevention law 99
10. Five. The high politics of base pleasures: regulating morality for the postwar era 119
11. Six. The presence of the past: controversies over sex work since 1956 139
12. Conclusion. Beyond victimhood 152
13. Appendix 161
14. Notes 165
15. Bibliography 201
16. Index 219