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UNINA9910170995603321 |
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Titolo |
Japanese women working / / edited by Janet Hunter |
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London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1993 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-79712-5 |
1-138-17821-7 |
1-134-79713-3 |
1-280-31909-7 |
0-203-43393-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (256 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Sexual division of labor - Japan - History - 20th century |
Women - Employment - Japan - History - 20th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Redundancy utilized: the economics of female domestic servants in pre-war Japan1; Chapter 3 One day at a time:work and domestic activities of urban lowerclass women in early twentiethcentury Japan; Chapter 4 Textile factories, tuberculosis and the quality of life in industrializing Japan; Chapter 5 Female labour in the Japanese coal-mining industry; Chapter 6 Equality versus difference: the Japanese debate over 'motherhood protection', 1915–50 |
Chapter 7 Japanese care assistants in hospitals, 1918–88Chapter 8 Women as bosses: perceptions of the ama and their work; Chapter 9 Equal employment opportunities for Japanese women: changing company practice; Chapter 10 The role of the professional housewife; Index; |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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An international group of historians, economists, anthropologists and management specialists examine policy towards women workers and their experinces over the course of this century in Japan. |
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