Acknowledgments
Note on Individual Names
Introduction
1. Across the Pacific Rim: Global Dimensions of Japanese Prostitution in
the North American West 16
2. Hardships at Home: Micro-level Analysis of the Social Origins of
Japanese Prostitutes in the North American West
3. Recruitment and Passage: Transpacific Migration of Japanese Prostitutes
to the North American West
4. Racialized, Exploited, and Excluded: The Lives of Japanese Prostitutes
and Barmaids in the North American West
5. Breaking the Shackles of Oppression: Japanese Prostitutes' and Barmaids'
Response to Sexual and Economic Exploitation
6. The Emergence of Anti-Japanese Prostitution Reforms in the North
American West from a Transpacific and Comparative Perspective
Conclusion
List of Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index
