256 Pages
36 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
278 Pages
36 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
278 Pages
36 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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In the years Bbetween the Meiji Restoration in 1868 and the beginning of the war mobilization boom in 1930, collieries in Europe and America embraced new technologies and had long since been excluded women from working underground. In Japan, however, mining women witnessed no significant changes in working practices over this period. The availability of the cheap and abundant labor of these women... Read more
Introduction 1. Background 2. Work and Wages 3. Working Conditions 4. Their Life Trajectory 5. The Daily Routine 6. Solidarity, Divisions, Bondage and Resistance 7. Common Seams, Common Attitudes 8. Afterword
Biography
W. Donald Burton has taught in Canada at the University of British Columbia, St. Mary's University, McGill University and the Open University of British Columbia.
