Women in the Service Industries: National Perspectives
本特刊探讨性别在不同国家背景下与服务业的关系，通过分析各国案例揭示性别如何影响商业史和服务业发展，并比较不同国家的异同。
The purpose of this special issue is to explore the relationship of gender in several national contexts to the service industriesbusinesses that provide benefit to others or produce items or infrastructure that support others. Several questions have guided our overall purpose. What do we learn about business history generally, and the service sector specifically, by taking gender into account? Is what we learn the same in different national contexts? If not, why not? We hope that the answers suggested in the essays will stimulate dialogue on both national case studies and comparative themes and will illuminate transnational patterns and perspectives in the history of women, gender, and business.