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Thistle Susan |
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Titolo |
From Marriage to the Market [[electronic resource] ] : Transformation of Women's Lives and Work |
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Berkeley, Calif. ; ; London, : University of California Press, 2006 |
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ISBN |
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0-520-93919-0 |
1-60129-386-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (311 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Women |
Women - Employment - United States - History - 20th century |
Work and family |
Women - Employment - History - 20th century - United States |
Women - Economic conditions - United States |
Women - Social conditions - United States |
Work and family - United States |
Business & Economics |
Labor & Workers' Economics |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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CONTENTS; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; 1. A World Turned Inside Out; 2. Support for Women's Domestic Economy in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries; 3. The Breakdown of Women's Domestic Economy after World War II; 4. Economic Difficulties and a Contradictory Alliance; 5. The Formation of a Female Underclass; 6. The "New Economy" and the Transformation of Women's Work; 7. How and Why Mothers Have Been Shortchanged; 8. New Possibilities and Old Inequalities; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Presenting a comparative analysis of African American women's and white women's relationships to home and work, this study provides an overview of how this shift influences the shape of families and the |
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