Factory Women in Taiwan / / Lydia Kung.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999
• VerfasserIn: Kung, Lydia,
• MitwirkendeR: Salaff, Janet W.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1994]; ©1994
• Year of Publication: 1994
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (232 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of Tables --; Acknowledgments --; Foreword to the Morningside Edition --; References --; Introduction --; 1. Measuring Improvement in Female Status --; 2. Women and the Family in Traditional China --; 3. Women and Work in Traditional China --; 4. Industry and Labor in Taiwan: An Overview --; 5. The Decision to Work: Where and Why --; 6. Residence of Factory Women --; 7. Adjusting to the Factory Environment --; 8. Relations in the Workplace --; 9. Control of Income and Women’s Position in the Family --; 10. Dating and Marriage --; 11. Factory Employment After Marriage --; 12. Self-Perceptions: “A Frog in a Well” --; 13. Worker Consciousness --; 14. Wage-Earning, Family Structure, and Women --; 15. Women in the Larger Context --; 16. Studying Social Change --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780231882033; 9783110442489
• DOI: 10.7312/kung91096
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Lydia Kung.

Examines the work experience and effects of wage earning on the women of Taiwan and also looks at their changing position in the home.