Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Editors' Note VII
4. Contributors VIII
5. Preface IX
6. An Introductory Overview 1
7. PART ONE. Formation of an Industrial Work Force
8. Historical Changes in the Life Style of Industrial Workers 21
9. Japan's Changing Occupational Structure and Its Significance 53
10. Country Girls and Communication among Competitors in the Japanese Cotton-Spinning Industry 97
11. PART TWO. Industry Patterns and Problems of Scale
12. The Japanese Shipbuilding Industry 129
13. General Trading Companies in Japan: Their Origins and Growth 161
14. Firm Size and Japan's Export Structure: A Microview of Japan's Changing Export Competitiveness since Meiji 201
15. The Evolution of Dualistic Wage Structure 249
16. The Introduction of Electric Power and Its Impact on the Manufacturing Industries: With Special Reference to Smaller Scale Plants 299
17. PART THREE. Some Social Consequences
18. Demographic Transition in the Process of Japanese Industrialization 329
19. Changes in Income Inequality in the Japanese Economy 363
20. Poverty in Modern Japan: Perceptions and Realities 391
21. Industrialization and Social Deprivation: Welfare, Environment, and the Postindustrial Society in Japan 439
22. Index 493