The Missing Girls and Women of China, Hong Kong and Taiwan: A Sociological Study of Infanticide, Forced Prostitution, Political Imprisonment, ... Runaways and Thrownaways, 1900-2000s

368 Pages·2012·6.84 MB·English

by  Hua-Lun Huang

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“Shadow Ops: Control Point is Black Hawk Down meets The 05
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“Myke Cole takes you downrange where the bullets fly and
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“Realism is tightly interwoven throughout Cole’s writing,
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acknowledgments 07
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Once again, my name is going on a project made possible by a small 12
army of people. They include (but are not limited to) my agent 13
Joshua Bilmes (and Jessie Cammack, Eddie Schneider, and John 14
Berlyne) and the staff at Ace (Anne Sowards, Jess Wade, Danielle 15
Stockley, Kat Sherbo, Rosanne Romanello, Brady McReynolds, 16
Jodi Rosoff, and many more) and at Headline (John Wordsworth 17
et al.). Thanks also to Michael Komarck, Larry Rostant, Nick Stohl- 18
man, Paul Jacobsen, Sarah Semark, and Priscilla Spencer, who 19
plied their particular arts to bring this work to life. Thanks also to 20
Joel Beaven, Tamela Viglione, and David Fields for careful test 21
reading, and to Chris Evans, Robin Hobb, Ann Aguirre, John 22
Hemry (Jack Campbell), Mark Lawrence, Shiloh Walker, and Vio- 23
lette Malan for lending their names to the effort to get people to 24
believe that my work was good enough to spend money on. Special 25
thanks to Mihir Wanchoo for consultation on the Hindi/ Sanskrit 26
language and Hindu mythology, and to the staff and class of Via- 27
ble Paradise VI. Thanks also to the Drinklings, the staff of Qathra, 28
and the New York Public Library (where this book was largely 29
written). 30
Thanks also to my family, in particular Madeline and Jasper, 31
who daily teach me patience, passion, and not to be afraid to get 32
excited about bugs, rocks, and bad British television. 33
Thanks also to Ted Arthur and Chris Meawad, who have acted 34
as delegates from my old DC haunts and paid careful attention to 35
making sure I never lost touch with my drinking and running (or 36
maybe running and drinking?) roots. 37
Thanks to United States Coast Guard Station New York and 38
Training Center Cape May (CO, Captain William Kelly and XO, S39
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0055 my six, ignoring your own hell to push me through mine. Thanks.
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