Factory Girls Women in the Thread Mills of Meiji Japan

Name: Factory Girls Women in the Thread Mills of Meiji Japan
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ISBN: 9780691000350

ISBN-10: 0691000352

ISBN-13: 9780691000350

Edition: 1990

Authors: E. Patricia Tsurumi

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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…

Book details

List price: $42.00
Copyright year: 1990
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 6/23/1992
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 232
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.98" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



List of Tables


Acknowledgments


Introduction



The Background



Modern Beginnings: Reeling and Spinning



Silk: Poor but Independent Reelers



Silk: Tightening the Screws



Silk: Working for the Nation?



Cotton: The Reserve Army



Cotton: Recruiting in the Hinterland



Cotton: Inside the Hateful Company Gates



Comparative Perspectives: Factory and Countryside



Alternatives: The Loom and the Brothel


Conclusion


Sources Cited


Index