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| Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Janet Hunter |
| ISBN: | 9780203634134 0203634136 0415297311 9780415297318 |
| OCLC Number: | 51315324 |
| Description: | 1 online resource (337 p.) |
| Contents: | 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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Abstract:
From the 1870s to the 1930s the textile industry was Japan's largest manufacturing industry and it had a predominantly female labour force. This book examines the institutions of the labour market during this period of economic development.
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