Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-264) and index.
Introduction : prostitution, gender, and the state in early twentieth-century China -- The origins of China's prostitution regulation regime -- Hangzhou : the light regulatory approach -- Guangzhou : revenue-intensive prostitution regulation -- Kunming : coercion-intensive prostitution regulation -- The jiliangsuo : prostitute rescue institutions -- Epilogue : the regulation of prostitution in the twenty-first century