Pirates, prostitutes and pullers : explorations in the Ethno- and social history of Southeast Asia /

Warren, James Francis, -1942

Pirates, prostitutes and pullers : explorations in the Ethno- and social history of Southeast Asia / James Francis Warren. - xiii, 418 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits 23 cm.

Originally published: Crawley, W.A. : University of Western Australia Press, 2008.

human trafficking the global political economy urbanization and colonial policy and practice. Professor Warren utilizes documentary sources, oral traditions, photographs and paintings to provide not only an erudite example of the exploratory power of historical ethnography but also new conceptual frameworks for our understanding of Southeast Asian history. Pirates, Prostitute and Pullers reveals the lively history of Southeast Asia's underclass-the peasants, urban coolies, prostitutes, maritime raiders and sea nomads who played a formative role in the region's remarkable transformation. The sixteen essays in this collection of 'culture'

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Chinese --Southeast Asia.
Ethnohistory
Piracy --Southeast Asia
Pirates --Southeast Asia
Prostitutes --Southeast Asia
Prostitution --Southeast Asia
Rickshaw men --Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia

DS 526.7 / .W253 2008