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Good things about my job:

Someone must have taken some class on the history of Asian-Americans, because they just sold their books to us. The boss was going to turn a few away because they had been slightly highlighted, then noticed I was very interested in one book on Chinese prostitution in early San Francisco, and drew my attention to those. Ha, five dollars! Then employee discount ^_^.

I feel kind of bad that I was an East Asian Studies major and know almost nothing about this stretch of history -- mostly I did Japanese pop culture and ancient Chinese history (and pre-modern Japanese history, 1600-on). Plus, prostitution.

Sexual history/politics really interests me. And it'll be nice to know about this in addition to Japanese hostesses and the geisha and Yoshiwara.

Now I need to find something on Chinese prostitutes/courtesans in pre-modern China!

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If you read A Thousand Pieces fo Gold

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You might want to try and check out the documentary. I'm trying to recall it but the brain is not cooperating, the woman only died up until recently, in the last 20 years, I think. She lived to be pretty old. I'll try to google it and get back to you on it.

Laura Joh Rowland. Read a couple of those books. Definitley Shogun-style. Too much delving into the The Way of the Sword.