1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996248121503316

Autore

Tsurumi E. Patricia <1938-2016, >

Titolo

Factory girls : women in the thread mills of Meiji Japan / / E. Patricia Tsurumi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, New Jersey : , : Princeton University Press, , 1990

ISBN

1-4008-4330-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (215 p. )

Disciplina

331.487700952

Soggetti

Women textile workers - History - Japan

Silk industry - Employees - History - Japan

Cotton trade - Employees - History - Japan

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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, the labor of these women and girls enabled their tenant farming families to continue paying high rents in the countryside. Tsurumi shows that through their experiences as Japan's first modern factory workers, these "factory girls" developed an identity that played a crucial role in the history of the Japanese working class. Much of this story is based on records the factory girls themselves left behind, including their songs. "It is a delight to receive a meticulous and comprehensive volume on the plight of women who pioneered [assembly plant] employment in Asia a century ago...."--L. L. Cornell,



The Journal of Asian Studies "Tsurumi writes of these rural women with compassion and treats them as sentient, valuable individuals.... [Many] readers will find these pages informative and thought provoking."--Sally Ann Hastings, Monumenta Niponica

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910298347203321

Titolo

Atlas of Plant Cell Structure / / edited by Tetsuko Noguchi, Shigeyuki Kawano, Hirokazu Tsukaya, Sachihiro Matsunaga, Atsushi Sakai, Ichirou Karahara, Yasuko Hayashi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tokyo : , : Springer Japan : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014

ISBN

4-431-54941-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (228 p.)

Disciplina

571.62

Soggetti

Plants - Development

Cytology

Developmental biology

Biophysics

Plant Development

Cell Biology

Developmental Biology and Stem Cells

Bioanalysis and Bioimaging

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

FM Preface -- 1 Nuclei and Chromosomes -- 2 Mitochondria -- 3 Chloroplasts -- 4 The Endoplasmic Reticulum, Golgi Apparatuses, and Endocytic Organelles -- 5 Vacuoles and Storage Organelles -- 6 Cytoskeletons -- 7 Cell Walls -- 8 Generative Cells -- 9 Meristems.

Sommario/riassunto

This atlas presents beautiful photographs and 3D-reconstruction images of cellular structures in plants, algae, fungi, and related organisms taken by a variety of microscopes and visualization techniques. Much of the knowledge described here has been gathered only in the past quarter of a century and represents the frontier of



research. The book is divided into nine chapters: Nuclei and Chromosomes; Mitochondria; Chloroplasts; The Endoplasmic Reticulum, Golgi Apparatuses, and Endocytic Organelles; Vacuoles and Storage Organelles; Cytoskeletons; Cell Walls; Generative Cells; and Meristems. Each chapter includes several illustrative photographs accompanied by a short text explaining the background and meaning of the image and the method by which it was obtained, with references. Readers can enjoy the visual tour within cells and will obtain new insights into plant cell structure. This atlas is recommended for plant scientists, students, their teachers, and anyone else who is curious about the extraordinary variety of living things.