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BL
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1029672
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b784042
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| Main Entry
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Hunter, Janet.
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| Title & Author
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Women and the Labour Market in Japan's Industrialising : : the Textile Industry before the Pacific War.
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| Publication Statement
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London :: RoutledgeCurzon,, 2003.
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1 online resource (337 pages)
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| ISBN
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0203634136
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: 0415297311
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: 9780203634134
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: 9780415297318
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 302-320) and index.
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| Contents
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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
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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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Women textile workers-- Japan.
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85.65 classes of labour and labourers.
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Economic history.
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Women textile workers.
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Sekseverschillen.
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Textielindustrie.
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Werkende vrouwen.
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Japan, Economic conditions, 1868-
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Japan.
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| Dewey Classification
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331.40952331.487700952331.48770952
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| LC Classification
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HD6073.T42J33 2003HD6073.T42 J3315 2003eb
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| NLM classification
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85.65bcl
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