Research Catalog

Title

Women, work and the Japanese economic miracle : the case of the cotton textile industry, 1945-1975 / Helen Macnaughtan.

Author

Macnaughtan, Helen, 1968-

Publication

London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2005.

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Details

Description

xiv, 231 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

"Women, Work and the Japanese Economic Miracle describes and analyses the place of female workers in the cotton textile industry, which was a crucially important industry with a large workforce. In presenting detailed data on such key issues as recruitment systems, management practices and the working experience of the women involved, it demonstrates the importance for Japan's postwar economy of harnessing female labour during these years."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

RoutledgeCurzon studies in the modern history of Asia ; 27

Uniform Title

RoutledgeCurzon studies in the modern history of Asia ; 27.

Subject

• 1900-1999
• Women textile workers > Japan > History > 20th century
• Cotton textile industry > Japan > Employees > History > 20th century
• Cotton textile industry > Employees
• Women textile workers
• Katoenindustrie
• Vrouwenarbeid
• Economische groei
• Cotton textile industry > Japan > History
• Women > Employment > History. > Japan
• Japan

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [220]-228) and index.

Contents

A historical legacy -- Shaping the female labour market -- Recruiting women workers -- Managing women workers -- Educating and training women workers -- Wages and welfare for women -- Japanese female textile workers in context -- fieldwork interviews and survey.

ISBN

• 0415328055
• 9780415328050
• 9780415546249
• 0415546249
• 9780203390856
• 0203390857
• 9781134335695
• 1134335695
• 9781134335640
• 1134335644
• 9781134335688
• 1134335687

LCCN

2004012431

OCLC

• ocm55871178
• 55871178
• SCSB-1343658

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library