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Circles of Care
Work and Identity in Women's Lives
Av Emily K. Abel, Margaret K. Nelson
Häftad, 1990
487 kr
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Explores the experience of women providing care to children, disabled persons, the chronically ill, and the frail elderly.This work examines the experience of women providing care to children, disabled persons, the chronically ill, and the frail elderly. It differs from most writing about …
Origins of Protective Labor Legislation for Women, 1905-1925
Av Susan Lehrer
Häftad, 1987
549 kr
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In this comprehensive, wide-ranging analysis, Susan Lehrer investigates the origins of protective labor legislation for women, exposing the social forces that contributed to its passage and the often contradictory effects it had on those it was designed to protect. A rapidly expanding female work …
Work Without Wages
Comparative Studies of Domestic Labor and Self-Employment
Av Jane L. Collins, Martha E. Gimenez
Häftad, 1990
413 kr
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This book expands recent research on the economic significance of household-based production for family consumption and for the wider market. While the importance of women's domestic labor has been generally recognized, the complex articulation between household activities and the changing nature …
State and Women in the Economy
Lessons from Sex Discrimination in the Republic of Ireland
Häftad, 1990
413 kr
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This book examines the effect of state policies on women's roles in the economy. At the most concrete level it investigates the relative lack of response of women's labor force activity rates to export-led development in the Republic of Ireland. At a broader level, it provides critical insights …
If Eight Hours Seem Too Few
Mobilization of Women Workers in the Italian Rice Fields
Häftad, 1991
435 kr
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This book is the first to present a vivid and accurate picture of the thousands of women who worked weeding the rice fields in northern Italy during the early part of the nineteenth century. It explores a wide range of issues including the political, economic, and social history of Italy; labor …
Education and Women's Work
Female Schooling and the Division of Labor in Urban America, 1870-1930
Av John L. Rury
Häftad, 1991
405 kr
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This book examines the transformations in women's work and education and assesses their effects on women from different social and cultural backgrounds.
Hidden in the Home
The Role of Waged Homework in the Modern World-Economy
Inbunden, 1994
1111 kr
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This book combines a case study of industrial homework in the electronics industry with a world-systems approach to understanding the role of home-based work in economic development. It spans the period from the nineteenth-century origins of industrial homework to the important role played by …
Hidden in the Home
The Role of Waged Homework in the Modern World-Economy
Häftad, 1994
401 kr
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This book combines a case study of industrial homework in the electronics industry with a world-systems approach to understanding the role of home-based work in economic development. It spans the period from the nineteenth-century origins of industrial homework to the important role played by …
Memories of Migration
Gender, Ethnicity, and Work in the Lives of Jewish and Italian Women in New York, 1870-1924
Inbunden, 1996
1111 kr
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Offers a comparative historical study of women's migration from Russia and Italy to New York at the turn of the 20th century. Taking an interdisciplinary and global perspective, the book examines the causes and consequences of women's migration, contrasting the adaptation experiences of Jewish and …
Memories of Migration
Gender, Ethnicity, and Work in the Lives of Jewish and Italian Women in New York, 1870-1924
Häftad, 1996
401 kr
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Offers a comparative historical study of women's migration from Russia and Italy to New York at the turn of the 20th century. Taking an interdisciplinary and global perspective, the book examines the causes and consequences of women's migration, contrasting the adaptation experiences of Jewish and …
Ingredients for Women's Employment Policy
Av Christine Bose, Glenna Spitze
Häftad, 1987
413 kr
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Ingredients for Women's Employment Policy gathers together the ideas of sociologists and economists, including both quantitative and qualitative research. Basic descriptive data gathered over the last ten to fifteen years of labor force research and affirmative action legislation indicates high …
Origins of Protective Labor Legislation for Women, 1905-1925
Av Susan Lehrer
Inbunden, 1987
1022 kr
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In this comprehensive, wide-ranging analysis, Susan Lehrer investigates the origins of protective labor legislation for women, exposing the social forces that contributed to its passage and the often contradictory effects it had on those it was designed to protect. A rapidly expanding female work …
Worth of Women's Work
A Qualitative Synthesis
Av Anne Statham, Eleanor M. Miller m. fl.
Häftad, 1987
426 kr
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Many common assumptions about work are challenged in this book. For example, the findings refute the common assertion that work tasks can be categorized into '"instrumental," or task activities, versus "caretaking," or people-oriented activities. It is shown that, regardless of the type of job, …
