This book shows how, during the period of the Japanese economic miracle, a distinctive female employment system was developed alongside, and different from, the better known Japanese employment system which was applied to male employees. Women, Work and the Japanese Economic Miracle describes and analyses the place of female workers in the cotton textile industry, which was a crucially important industry with a large workforce. In presenting detailed data on such key issues as recruitment systems, management practices and the working experience of the women involved, it demonstrates the importance for Japan's postwar economy of harnessing female labour during these years.
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'In placing the current situation of women in employment in its historical context, this book will be valuable to academics, students, to some extent general readers and, dare it be suggested, to Japanese companies and policy makers alike.' - Asian Affairs
'This volume... is a fascinating account of this well-known period in Japan's history. I would recommend it to anyone interested in the evolution of women and work, women's employment conditions, managerial strategies and the role of unions and the shap and form these take in a feminized industry' - International Review of Social History
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Helen Macnaughtan is Handa Fellow in Japanese Business and Management at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London. Her areas of research interest include employment, labour management, gender and economic development in Japan.
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In the 1979 Japanese film Aa Nomugi Toge (Ah Nomugi Pass),1 a story is told of young women from impoverished rural families who make the long trek crossing the snow-covered Nomugi Pass in the Nagano Alps to work in a silk-reeling factory. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Big Ten, Ministry of Labour, Second World War, Labour Standards Law, Notes Figures, Factory Act, Ómi Kenshi, Note Figures, Omi Kenshi, United States, Women's Bureau, Joke Aishi Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Surprise Me!
In the 1979 Japanese film Aa Nomugi Toge (Ah Nomugi Pass),1 a story is told of young women from impoverished rural families who make the long trek crossing the snow-covered Nomugi Pass in the Nagano Alps to work in a silk-reeling factory. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Big Ten, Ministry of Labour, Second World War, Labour Standards Law, Notes Figures, Factory Act, Ómi Kenshi, Note Figures, Omi Kenshi, United States, Women's Bureau, Joke Aishi Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Surprise Me!
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- Textiles and Industrial Transition in Japan by Dennis L. McNamara in Back Matter
- The Triads as Business (Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia) by Yiu-kong Chu in Front Matter
- Europe Interprets Japan by Daniels in Back Matter
- Industrial Revolutions: The Textile Industries (The Industrial Revolutions, Vol 8) (v. 8) by D. T. Jenkins in Back Matter
- The Development of the Japanese Nursing Profession: Adopting and Adapting Western Influences (Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia) by Aya Takahashi in Front Matter
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