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Investigating the enormous contribution made by female textile workers to early industrialization in Meiji Japan, this title documents not only their hardships but also their triumphs. It shows that these 'factory girls' developed an identity that played a crucial role in the history of the Japanese working class.

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Winner of the 1991 Canada-Japan Book Award, Canadian Historical Association

Factory Girls Women in the Thread Mills of Meiji

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 23/06/1992
      ISBN13: 9780691000350, 978-0691000350
      ISBN10: 0691000352

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      Book Synopsis
      Investigating the enormous contribution made by female textile workers to early industrialization in Meiji Japan, this title documents not only their hardships but also their triumphs. It shows that these 'factory girls' developed an identity that played a crucial role in the history of the Japanese working class.

      Trade Review
      Winner of the 1991 Canada-Japan Book Award, Canadian Historical Association

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