Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. List of Illustrations IX
4. List of Tables XI
5. Acknowledgments XIII
6. Introduction 1
7. 1. Conceptualizing Poor Women, Household Dynamics, and Industrialization 7
8. 2. Industrial and Agrarian Change in Java 30
9. 3. Javanese Women and the Family 54
10. 4. The Villages 73
11. 5. The Factories 109
12. 6. Life in a Spinning Mill 137
13. 7. Determinants of Factory Employment 159
14. 8. Factory Daughters and the Family Economy 179
15. 9. Marriage 209
16. 10. The Family Economy Revisited: Daughters, Work, and the Life Cycle 231
17. Conclusion 251
18. Appendix 269
19. Notes 275
20. Glossary of Indonesian and Javanese Words 297
21. Bibliography 299
22. Index 317