Factory Women in Taiwan / / 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.

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999
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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1994]
©1994
Year of Publication:1994
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (232 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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