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Japanese women working
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- Online
- Summary
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An international group of historians, economists, anthropologists and management specialists examine policy towards women workers and their experinces over the course of this century in Japan.
Details
- Creator
- edited by Janet Hunter
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- London ; New York : Routledge, 1993
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (256 p.)
- ISBNs
- 9781134797127, 1134797125, 9781138178212, 1138178217, 9781134797134, 1134797133, 9781280319099, 1280319097, 9780203433935, 0203433939, 0203289609, 0415127912
- OCLC
- ocn299569639, ocn826515681
- Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- English
- Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Redundancy utilized: the economics of female domestic servants in pre-war Japan1; Chapter 3 One day at a time:work and domestic activities of urban lowerclass women in early twentiethcentury Japan; Chapter 4 Textile factories, tuberculosis and the quality of life in industrializing Japan; Chapter 5 Female labour in the Japanese coal-mining industry; Chapter 6 Equality versus difference: the Japanese debate over 'motherhood protection', 1915–50
- Chapter 7 Japanese care assistants in hospitals, 1918–88Chapter 8 Women as bosses: perceptions of the ama and their work; Chapter 9 Equal employment opportunities for Japanese women: changing company practice; Chapter 10 The role of the professional housewife; Index