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Record Nr.

UNINA9910650833703321

Autore

Novkov Julie <1966->

Titolo

Constituting workers, protecting women : gender, law, and labor in the Progressive Era and New Deal years / / Julie Novkov

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, c2001

ISBN

0-472-90421-3

1-282-42340-1

9786612423406

0-472-02286-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (333 p.)

Disciplina

344.7301

Soggetti

Labor laws and legislation - United States - History

Women - Employment - Law and legislation - United States - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Rethinking the constitutional crisis of the 1930's : the forgotten doctrinal roots of the modern welfare state -- Generalized balancing : the early struggles over protective labor legislation -- Specific balancing : regulating labor and laborers -- Laborer-centered analysis : the ascendancy of women's legislation -- Gendered rebalancing : minimum wages and the battle over equality -- Reflecting on gender, due process, and constitutional development.

Sommario/riassunto

Studies historical constitutional development in relation to protective laws for women in the U.S. during the Progressive Era and early New Deal years.