To Live to Work: Factory Women in Colonial Korea, 1910-1945

Linking economic and social historical research methods with special reference to the evolution of the industrial labor force, To Live to Work offers an account of the popular expansion of gender, labor, and political consciousnesses among working women in colonial Korea. While Korea's rapid industrial development throughout the twentieth century is one focus of this work, equal emphasis is given to interpreting the social and cultural consequences of modernization, such as the growth of cities and the rise of male and female labor forces. Special attention is given to the partitions in the labor market along the lines of gender, age, class, and nationality.

Author: Janice C. H. Kim
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 01/01/2009
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780804759090

Review Citation(s):
Chronicle of Higher Education 03/06/2009 pg. 18

About the Author
Janice C. H. Kim is Associate Professor of History at York University in Toronto.