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.

UNINA9911019925303321

Titolo

Development of the cerebral cortex

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester ; ; New York, : J. Wiley, 1995

ISBN

9786612347924

9781282347922

1282347926

9780470514795

0470514795

9780470514818

0470514817

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (348 p.)

Collana

Ciba Foundation symposium ; ; 193

Altri autori (Persone)

BockGregory

CardewGail

Disciplina

612.8/25

Soggetti

Cerebral cortex - Growth

Developmental neurobiology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Editors: Gregory Bock and Gail Cardew.

Symposium held at the Ciba Foundation, London, 29-Nov.-1 Dec. 1994.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

DEVELOPMENT OF THE CEREBRAL CORTEX; Contents; Participants; Introduction: mysteries in the making of the cerebral cortex; Cell lineage and patterns of migration in the developing cortex; The cel lineage of neuronal subtypes in the mammalian cerebral cortex; General discussion I; The generation of cellular diversity in the cerebral cortex; Factors regulating the differentiation of neural precursors in the forebrain; Emx and Otx gene expression in the deveIoping mouse brain; General discussion II; Guidance of thalamocortical innervation



Subplate neurons and the patterning of thalamocortial connectionsThe specificity of interactions between the cortex and the thalamus; General discussion Ill; Molecular contributions to cerebral cortical specification; Plasticity in the development of neocortical areas; The roles of growth factors and neural activity in the development of the neocortex; General discussion IV; Factors that are critical for plasticity in the visual cortex; Cortical development and neuropathology in schizophrenia; Pathology of cortical development and neuropsychiatric disorders; Final discussion

Index of contributorsSubject index

Sommario/riassunto

This book details the rapidly advancing research on the development of the cerebral cortex. Topics covered include: new physiological data showing patterns in developing cortical organization; abnormalities of cortical development associated with psychiatric disorders; and research on cell identity and regionalization of the cortex.