Chapter 1: Introduction. Women’s work in the Netherlands and Java, 1830-1940 -- Chapter 2: An exceptional empire? Dutch … colonialism in comparative perspective -- Chapter 3: Industrious women in an imperial economy: The Cultivation System and its … consequences -- Chapter 4: Industrialisation, de-industrialisation, and women’s work: Textile production in the Dutch Empire …

-Century Mexico City -- 3. Investing in Enterprise: Women Entrepreneurs in Colonial ‘South Africa’ -- 4. A Mosaic of Entrepreneurship …: Entrepreneurial Women among Chinese Pirates in the Mid-Nineteenth Century -- 9. The Business of Self-Endowment: Women Merchants … Entrepreneurship in Mid-Nineteenth-Century United States Cities -- 11. Japanese Female Entrepreneurs: Women in Kyoto Businesses in …

1.The Political Philanthropy of the Female Elites -- Part I: A Women’s Network in Early 20th Century Italy -- 2.Harriet …This book explores and traces the progressive activism and radical ideas of several elite women in Italy beginning in … the early 20th century. It discusses the shared political culture that shaped the thinking and the activity of these women …

Chapter 1 Introduction -- Part I Women’s Family Responsibilities and Employment in China -- Chapter 2 Market Wage …, Child Care, and the Employment of Married Women in China -- Chapter 3 Parent Care and Middle-aged Women’s Employment -- Part … Impact of Policy on Women’s Labour Market Outcomes in China -- Chapter 7 The Impact of Higher Education Expansion Policy on …

In the last decades, women’s role in the workforce has dramatically changed, though gender inequality persists and for … women, gender identity still prevails over work identity. It is important not to forget or diminish the historical role of … women in the labour market though and this book proposes a critical overview of the most recent historical research on women …

Japanese Working Custom and Women’s Employment Participation -- 3 Work and Family in Japan from the Comparative Perspective … has failed to establish a “dual-earner” society: women still face the trade-off between having a career or starting a …. Japan has had its own momentum in holding on to its strong “men as breadwinners and women as housekeepers” model by creating …

have on women leaders in the nation. Gender inequality and underutilization of female talent are deeply rooted and … widespread in Korean society, and women’s appointment to high-ranking leadership roles is extremely challenging due to their … inferior status to men. This book addresses the development and participation of women leaders at the organizational level …

Part I Perspective on the History of Women and Family in Japanese Economic Development -- 1 The Labour Market and … how economic developments changed the everyday lives of ordinary women in early-modern and modern Japan. Different from … precedent gender studies, the spotlight here is on the daily activities and structural positions of women rather than feminist …