'Dr Hunter's introduction to this fascinating collection of papers provides an excellent overview of the history and development of women's issues since the Meiji Restoration, and also puts them in an international context...This book is not the result of a conference or symposium but is part of the response in the West to the need for material in the English to be available so that Japan can be included in comparative studies of history, economics, gender studies, etc. ' - Lydia Gomersall, Proceedings of the Japan Society'Richly detailed and fascinating to read... Japanese Women Working is a significant addition to the growing body of research in this field, and one that deserves a wide audience.' - Louella Matsunaga, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies

• List of figures, List of tables, Notes on contributors, Preface, 1 Introduction, 2 Redundancy utilized: the economics of female domestic servants in pre-war Japan, 3 One day at a time: work and domestic activities of urban lower-class women in early twentieth-century Japan, 4 Textile factories, tuberculosis and the quality of life in industrializing Japan, 5 Female labour in the Japanese coal-mining industry, 6 Equality versus difference: the Japanese debate over ‘motherhood protection’, 1915–50, 7 Japanese care assistants in hospitals, 1918–88, 8 Women as bosses: perceptions of the ama and their work, 9 Equal employment opportunities for Japanese women: changing company practice, 10 The role of the professional housewife, Index

'Dr Hunter's introduction to this fascinating collection of papers provides an excellent overview of the history and development of women's issues since the Meiji Restoration, and also puts them in an international context...This book is not the result of a conference or symposium but is part of the response in the West to the need for material in the English to be available so that Japan can be included in comparative studies of history, economics, gender studies, etc. ' - Lydia Gomersall, Proceedings of the Japan Society'Richly detailed and fascinating to read... Japanese Women Working is a significant addition to the growing body of research in this field, and one that deserves a wide audience.' - Louella Matsunaga, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies

• List of figures, List of tables, Notes on contributors, Preface, 1 Introduction, 2 Redundancy utilized: the economics of female domestic servants in pre-war Japan, 3 One day at a time: work and domestic activities of urban lower-class women in early twentieth-century Japan, 4 Textile factories, tuberculosis and the quality of life in industrializing Japan, 5 Female labour in the Japanese coal-mining industry, 6 Equality versus difference: the Japanese debate over ‘motherhood protection’, 1915–50, 7 Japanese care assistants in hospitals, 1918–88, 8 Women as bosses: perceptions of the ama and their work, 9 Equal employment opportunities for Japanese women: changing company practice, 10 The role of the professional housewife, Index

'Dr Hunter's introduction to this fascinating collection of papers provides an excellent overview of the history and development of women's issues since the Meiji Restoration, and also puts them in an international context...This book is not the result of a conference or symposium but is part of the response in the West to the need for material in the English to be available so that Japan can be included in comparative studies of history, economics, gender studies, etc. ' - Lydia Gomersall, Proceedings of the Japan Society'Richly detailed and fascinating to read... Japanese Women Working is a significant addition to the growing body of research in this field, and one that deserves a wide audience.' - Louella Matsunaga, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies

• List of figures, List of tables, Notes on contributors, Preface, 1 Introduction, 2 Redundancy utilized: the economics of female domestic servants in pre-war Japan, 3 One day at a time: work and domestic activities of urban lower-class women in early twentieth-century Japan, 4 Textile factories, tuberculosis and the quality of life in industrializing Japan, 5 Female labour in the Japanese coal-mining industry, 6 Equality versus difference: the Japanese debate over ‘motherhood protection’, 1915–50, 7 Japanese care assistants in hospitals, 1918–88, 8 Women as bosses: perceptions of the ama and their work, 9 Equal employment opportunities for Japanese women: changing company practice, 10 The role of the professional housewife, Index