Hardcover
1934 · New York
by De Becker, J. E.
New York: American Anthropological Society, 1934. Hardcover. G (Moderate wear with several tears at head of outer spine; hinges are loose; otherwise of average age.overall.). Goldenrod and black-flecked cloth with black title block on spine, 386 pp., 26 BW illus. The third edition of a classic work that lays bare the history of prostitution in Japan. "History demonstrates the sad truth that all human efforts have been -- and probably will ever be -- unequal to the task of stamping out the social evil from our midst, and we are therefore forced to recognize that the most we can hope to achieve in the direction of ameliorating its consequences is to regulate and control its worst features," says the author in the preface to the first edition.
(Inventory #: 154504)