Most of Japan's leading textile firms date back to the turn of the century. Unlike many of their Western competitors, however, Japan's larger companies have sur

This impressive collection offers the first systematic global and comparative history of textile workers over the course of 350 years. This period covers the ma

Highlighting the importance of regional and national differences in industrial development, this book is a pioneering long term comparison of the two regions of

The author presents substantial case studies of the effect of the abolition of quotas on global trade in this sector. Concentrating mainly on China and Pakistan

This book shows how, during the period of the Japanese economic miracle, a distinctive female employment system was developed alongside, and different from, the