In the years Bbetween the Meiji Restoration in 1868 and the
beginning of the war mobilization boom in 1930, collieries in
Europe and America embraced new technologies and had long since
been excluded women from working underground. In Japan, however,
mining women witnessed no significant changes in working practices
over this period. The availability of the cheap and abundant labor
of these women allowed the captains of the coal industry in Japan
to avoid expensive investments in new machinery and sophisticated
mining methods;, instead, they continued to intensely exploit
workers and markets intensively, making substantial profits without
the burdens of extensive mechanization. This unique book explores
the lives of the thousands of women who labored underground in
Japan's coal mines in the years 1868 to 1930. It examines their
working lives, their family lives, their aspirations, achievements
and disappointments. Drawing heavily on interview material with the
miners themselves, W. Donald Burton combines translations of their
stories with features of Japanese society at the time and coal
mining technology. In doing so, he presents a complex account of
the women's lives, as well as providing a keen insight intoon
gender relations and the industrial and labor history of Japan.
Coal Mining Women in Japan will be welcomed by students and
scholars of Japanese history, gender studies and industrial
history.
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