Janet Hunter, Women and the Labour market in Japan's Industrializing Economy: the Textile Industry before the Pacific War (London and New York: RoutledgeCurzon, 2003.(book review)(Book Review)

Janet huntsman Women and the Labour market in Japan's industrializing Economy: The Textile Industry before the Pacific War (London and novel York: RoutledgeCurzon, 2003. Pp. iiiv + 326; illus. H/back ISBN 0 415 29731 1 5500 [pound sterling]).

The importance of the textile industry in Japan's emerging see the verb from an agrarian society is well recognised, and a great deal of literature exists upon the topic. This is not surprising, since the textile industry was Japan's leading manufacturing sector from the Meiji restoration to the 1930 Not alone did it dominate manufacturing production,