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Housework, consumption and female labour in Japan, 1600-1940understanding the role of unpaid work in determining living standards /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Housework, consumption and female labour in Japan, 1600-1940by Penelope Francks.
Reminder of title:	understanding the role of unpaid work in determining living standards /
remainder title:	Housework, consumption and female labor in Japan, 1600-1940
Author:	Francks, Penelope.
Published:	Cham :Springer Nature Switzerland :2025.
Description:	ix, 77 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
Subject:	WomenEconomic conditionsJapan
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-83693-0
ISBN:	9783031836930$q(electronic bk.)

Housework, consumption and female labour in Japan, 1600-1940understanding the role of unpaid work in determining living standards /
Francks, Penelope.

Housework, consumption and female labour in Japan, 1600-1940understanding the role of unpaid work in determining living standards /[electronic resource] :Housework, consumption and female labor in Japan, 1600-1940by Penelope Francks. - Cham :Springer Nature Switzerland :2025. - ix, 77 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm. - Palgrave studies in economic history,2662-6500. - Palgrave studies in economic history..

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Households and Living Standards in the Literature -- Chapter 3: The Context of Women's Work and Household Labour in Japan -- Chapter 4: Housework and the Nature of Consumption Goods -- Chapter 5: Conclusion.

This book illuminates the largely neglected contribution of unpaid, primarily female household labour to economic production and living standards in Japan from the early modern period to the eve of World War Two. The difficulties involved in measuring time devoted to housework and other forms of household labour in the past have meant that most attempts to assess the process of industrialisation have failed to recognise the ways in which such labour is essential to the sustainability and welfare of the population. In this context, Japan presents a significant example of a historical case of industrialisation occurring within an economy that continued to be dominated by the institution of the household. This short study argues that this must have led to a particularly significant underestimation of Japanese living standards in the past, with implications for comparative and global analysis, and to neglect of the key role of women in the historical economy. Providing a nuanced yet concise analysis, this book will be valuable reading for scholars of economic history and feminist economics, as well as introducing important comparative angles for researchers in Japanese studies and gender studies more widely. Penelope Francks is an Honorary Fellow in Japanese Studies, East Asian Studies, University of Leeds, UK. She holds a PhD from SOAS in Japanese economic history and taught Japanese and East Asian Studies at all levels at Leeds for 20 years. She has published numerous books and articles on Japanese economic development in a global context.

ISBN: 9783031836930$q(electronic bk.)

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-031-83693-0doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

1002613
Women
--Economic conditions--Japan

LC Class. No.: HQ1762

Dewey Class. No.: 331.40952

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