Factory Girls : : Women in the Thread Mills of Meiji Japan /

Factory Girls : : Women in the Thread Mills of Meiji Japan / / E. Patricia Tsurumi.

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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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
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Tsurumi, E. Patricia,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2020]
©1990
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (232 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Background
  • 2. Modern Beginnings: Reeling and Spinning
  • 3. Silk: Poor but Independent Reelers
  • 4. Silk: Tightening the Screws
  • 5. Silk: Working for the Nation?
  • 6. Cotton: The Reserve Army
  • 7. Cotton: Recruiting in the Hinterland
  • 8. Cotton: Inside the Hateful Company Gates
  • 9. Comparative Perspectives: Factory and Countryside
  • 10. Alternatives: The Loom and the Brothel
  • Conclusion
  • Sources Cited
  • Index

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