De bundel bevat de volgende bijdragen: Inleiding: Types of female labour and changes in the workforce 1890-1945 / door Yutaka Nishinarita: Silk-reeling technology and female labour / door Masanori Nakamura en Corrado Molteni: The Coal-mining industry / door Yutaka Nishinarita: Female workers of the urban lower class / door Akimasa Miyake: Family-run enterprises : an overview of agriculture and fisheries / door Kazutoshi Kase: Innovation and change in the rapid economic growth period / door Sakiko Shioda: Conclusion / door Masanori Nakamura.