Technology change and female labour in Japan /
Technology change & female labour in Japan.
edited by Masanori Nakamura
- Tokyo : United Nations University Press, 1994
- xiii, 217 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Technology transfer, transformation, and development : the Japanese experience .
- The Japanese experience series .
Originally published in Japanese: Gijutsu kakushin to joji rodo. This book was originally published in Japanese in 1985 under the title Gijutsu kakushin to joshi rodo. A project initiated by the UNU with the cooperation of the institute of Developing Economies, Tokyo.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Types of Female Labour and Changes in the Workforce, 1890-1945 / Yutaka Nishinarita
Ch. 1. Silk-reeling Technology and Female Labour / Masanori Nakamura and Corrado Molteni
Ch. 2. The Coal-mining Industry / Yutaka Nishinarita
Ch. 3. Female Workers of the Urban Lower Class / Akimasa Miyake
Ch. 4. Family-run Enterprises: An Overview of Agriculture and Fisheries / Kazutoshi Kase
Ch. 5. Innovation and Change in the Rapid Economic Growth Period / Sakiko Shioda
Ch. 6. Conclusion / Masanori Nakamura.
9280805533
JAPAN
TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS
WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE
MANPOWER
SILK INDUSTRY
TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
WOMEN'S EMPLOYMENT
WOMEN WORKERS
Originally published in Japanese: Gijutsu kakushin to joji rodo. This book was originally published in Japanese in 1985 under the title Gijutsu kakushin to joshi rodo. A project initiated by the UNU with the cooperation of the institute of Developing Economies, Tokyo.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Types of Female Labour and Changes in the Workforce, 1890-1945 / Yutaka Nishinarita
Ch. 1. Silk-reeling Technology and Female Labour / Masanori Nakamura and Corrado Molteni
Ch. 2. The Coal-mining Industry / Yutaka Nishinarita
Ch. 3. Female Workers of the Urban Lower Class / Akimasa Miyake
Ch. 4. Family-run Enterprises: An Overview of Agriculture and Fisheries / Kazutoshi Kase
Ch. 5. Innovation and Change in the Rapid Economic Growth Period / Sakiko Shioda
Ch. 6. Conclusion / Masanori Nakamura.
9280805533
JAPAN
TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS
WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE
MANPOWER
SILK INDUSTRY
TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
WOMEN'S EMPLOYMENT
WOMEN WORKERS