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Investigating the enormous contribution made by female textile workers to early industrialization in Meiji Japan, Patricia Tsurumi vividly documents not only their hardships but also their triumphs. While their skills and long hours created profits for factory owners that in turn benefited the state...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Tsurumi, E. Patricia, 1938-2016
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1990.
Series:ACLS Humanities E-Book.
Subjects:
Women textile workers > Japan > History.
Silk industry > Japan > Employees > History.
Cotton textile industry > Japan > Employees > History.
Industries > Japan > History.
Travailleuses du textile > Japon > Histoire.
Soie > Industrie > Japon > Personnel > Histoire.
Cotton > Industrie > Japon > Personnel > Histoire.
Tissus de coton > Industrie > Japon > Personnel > Histoire.
HISTORY > Asia > Japan.
Cotton textile industry > Employees.
Industries.
Silk industry > Employees.
Women textile workers.
Arbeiterin
Textilindustrie
Frau
Zijdeïndustrie.
Katoenindustrie.
Vrouwenarbeid.
Geschichte (1868-1911)
Geschichte (1868-1912)
Japon > Industrie > Histoire.
Japan.
Japan
Industries > Personnel > Working conditions > History
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The Background
  • Modern Beginnings: Reeling and Spinning
  • Silk: Poor but Independent Reelers
  • Silk: Tightening the Screws
  • Silk: Working for the Nation?
  • Cotton: The Reserve Army
  • Cotton: Recruiting in the Hinterland
  • Cotton: Inside the Hateful Company Gates
  • Comparative Perspectives: Factory and Countryside
  • Alternatives: The Loom and the Brothel.

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