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This book is sponsored by the Joint Committee on Japanese Studies of the Social Science Research Council and the American Council of Learned Societies
Work and Lifecourse Japan
David W. Plath, Editor
with contributions by Samuel Coleman, Theodore F. Cook, Jr., Karen C. Holden, Jill Kleinberg, Solomon B. Levine, Jack G. Lewis, Susan O. Long, James McLendon, Paul H. Noguchi, Julius A. Roth, and Kenneth A. Skinner
State University of New York Press ALBANY
Published by State University of New York Press, Albany
1983 State University of New York
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Work and lifecourse in Japan. Includes index. Contents: Life is just a job resume? / David W. Plath Careers and mobility in Japan's labor markets / Solomon B. Levine Changing employment patterns of women / Karen C. Holden [etc.] 1. Japan Occupations Social aspects Addresses, essays, lectures. I. Plath, David W. II. Coleman, Samuel. HD6957.J3W67 1983 305.9'00952 82-10481 ISBN 0-87395-704-0 ISBN 0-87395-705-9 (pbk.)
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CONTENTS
List of Tables
vii
List of Figures
ix
Acknowledgments
xi
Introduction: Life Is Just a Job Rsum?
David W. Plath
1
Part One. Currents of Employment
15
Chapter 1. Careers and Mobility in Japan's Labor Markets
Solomon B. Levine
18
Chapter 2. Changing Employment Patterns of Women
Karen C. Holden
34
Part Two. But Am I Getting Anywhere?
47
Chapter 3. Aborted Careers in a Public Corporation
Kenneth A. Skinner
50
Chapter 4. Shiranai Station: Not a Destination But a Journey
Paul H. Noguchi
74
Part Three. Paths and Priorities
97
Chapter 5. Intertwined Careers in Medical Practice
Susan O. Long
100
Page vi
Chapter 6. Where Security Begets Security: Concurrent Careers of Local Politicians
Jack G. Lewis
116
Chapter 7. Cataclysm and Career Rebirth: The Imperial Military Elite
Theodore F. Cook, JR.
135
Part Four. Work, Family, and the Hands of Time
153
Chapter 8. The Office: Way Station or Blind Alley?
James McLendon
156
Chapter 9. The Tempo of Family Formation
Samuel Coleman
183
Chapter 10. Where Work and Family Are Almost One: The Lives of Folkcraft Potters
Jill Kleinberg
215
Reflections: Timetables and the Lifecourse in Post-Industrial Society
Julius A. Roth
248
Index
261
Page vii
LIST OF TABLES
2.1. Female Labor Force Participation Rates in Japan, 1950-1975
36
2.2. Patterns of Participation Rate Changes for One Birth Cohort, Japan, 1970-1975
38
2.3. Participation Rates and Changes in Nonagricultural Employment and Unpaid Family Work between Adjacent Female Birth Cohorts at Comparable Ages, Japan, 1960-1975
40
2.4. Components of Percentage Changes in Female Nonagricultural Employment, Japan, 1960-1975
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