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Autore |
Cohen Marjorie Griffin <1944-> |
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Titolo |
Women's work, markets, and economic development in nineteenth-century Ontario / / Marjorie Griffin Cohen |
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Toronto, Ontario ; ; Buffalo, New York ; ; London, England : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1988 |
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©1988 |
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ISBN |
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1-4426-5800-2 |
1-4426-5752-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (258 p.) |
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Collana |
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State and Economic Life ; ; 11 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Women - Employment - Ontario - History - 19th century |
Sexual division of labor - Ontario - History - 19th century |
Ontario Economic conditions |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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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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Introduction -- Capitalist development, industrialization, and women's work -- Division of labour in a staple-exporting economy -- Farm women's labour in Ontario's staple-exporting economy: early to mid nineteenth century -- The changing conditions of women in dairying -- Women's paid work and the transition to industrial capitalism 1850-1911 -- Conclusion -- Appendix. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Cohen focuses on the productive relations in the family and the significance of women's labour to the process of capital accumulation in both the capitalist sphere and independent commodity production. |
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