Hunter, Janet, 1948-

Women and the labour market in Japan's industrialising economy the textile industry before the Pacific War / [electronic resource] : Janet Hunter. - London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2003. - 326 p. : ill., map.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [302]-320) and index.

1. Introduction : textile workers and Japanese industrialisation -- 2. The rural connection : growth, distribution and gender -- 3. The growth of the mechanised textile industries in prewar Japan -- 4. Rural origins -- 5. The making of textile workers -- 6. The institutions of wage payment -- 7. Changing the rules of the game : the role of the government -- 8. Collusion and collaboration : collective action by employers and employees -- 9. Textile work, families and villages -- 10. A summing up.




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