Transforming Gender and Development in East Asia
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| Title: | Transforming Gender and Development in East Asia |
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| Description: | Transforming Gender and Development in East Asia brings together a collection of original essays from top scholars in the United States and Asia to explore the centrality of gender in the process of economic development in East Asia. Contributors demonstrate through ethnography, personal narratives, field observation, and in-depth interviews the essential parts women have played in the national growth, economic restructuring, and industrialization of East Asian countries, including South Korea, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, and China. |
| Authors: | Esther Ngan-ling Chow |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Women in development--East Asia, Sex role--Economic aspects--East Asia |
| Categories: | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | Transforming Gender and Development in East Asia brings together a collection of original essays from top scholars in the United States and Asia to explore the centrality of gender in the process of economic development in East Asia. Contributors demonstrate through ethnography, personal narratives, field observation, and in-depth interviews the essential parts women have played in the national growth, economic restructuring, and industrialization of East Asian countries, including South Korea, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, and China. |
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| ISBN: | 9780415924917 9780415924924 9781317795193 9781317795209 9781315811321 |
