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Download or read book Transforming Gender and Development in East Asia written by Esther Ngan-ling Chow and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-02 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.