LEADER 05272nam 2200865 a 450 001 9910455513603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-75213-8 010 $a9786612752131 010 $a1-4008-2156-8 010 $a1-4008-1201-1 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400821563 035 $a(CKB)111056486502520 035 $a(EBL)581604 035 $a(OCoLC)700688619 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000114090 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11138853 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000114090 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10101438 035 $a(PQKB)11542107 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC581604 035 $a(OCoLC)51453589 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse35983 035 $a(DE-B1597)446154 035 $a(OCoLC)979741532 035 $a(OCoLC)984652164 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400821563 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL581604 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10035872 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL275213 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056486502520 100 $a19940106d1994 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBound by our Constitution$b[electronic resource] $ewomen, workers, and the minimum wage /$fVivien Hart 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. $cPrinceton University Press$dc1994 215 $a1 online resource (272 p.) 225 1 $aPrinceton studies in American politics 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-03480-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [185]-246) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$tPREFACE --$tACKNOWLEDGMENTS --$tCHAPTER ONE. Constitutional Politics --$tCHAPTER TWO. No Sweat: Work and Women, Britain, 1895-1905 --$tCHAPTER THREE. Low-Paid Workers: The Trade Boards Act, Britain, 1906-1909 --$tCHAPTER FOUR. A Sex Problem: The Politics of Difference, U.S.A., 1907-1921 --$tCHAPTER FIVE Police Power: The Welfare of Women, U.S.A., 1907-1921 --$tCHAPTER SIX. Gender Trap: Protection versus Equality, U.S.A., 1921-1923 --$tCHAPTER SEVEN. Due Process: The Welfare of the Economy, U.S.A., 1923-1937 --$tCHAPTER EIGHT. Labor and Commerce: The Fair Labor Standards Act, U.S.A., 1937-1938 --$tCHAPTER NINE. Conclusion: The Minimum Wage in the 1990's --$tABBREVIATIONS --$tNOTES --$tINDEX 330 $aWhat difference does a written constitution make to public policy? How have women workers fared in a nation bound by constitutional principles, compared with those not covered by formal, written guarantees of fair procedure or equitable outcome? To investigate these questions, Vivien Hart traces the evolution of minimum wage policies in the United States and Britain from their common origins in women's politics around 1900 to their divergent outcomes in our day. She argues, contrary to common wisdom, that the advantage has been with the American constitutional system rather than the British.Basing her analysis on primary research, Hart reconstructs legal strategies and policy decisions that revolved around the recognition of women as workers and the public definition of gender roles. Contrasting seismic shifts and expansion in American minimum wage policy with indifference and eventual abolition in Britain, she challenges preconceptions about the constraints of American constitutionalism versus British flexibility. Though constitutional requirements did block and frustrate women's attempts to gain fair wages, they also, as Hart demonstrates, created a terrain in the United States for principled debate about women, work, and the state--and a momentum for public policy--unparalleled in Britain. Hart's book should be of interest to policy, labor, women's, and legal historians, to political scientists, and to students of gender issues, law, and social policy. 410 0$aPrinceton studies in American politics. 606 $aMinimum wage$xLaw and legislation$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aSex discrimination in employment$xLaw and legislation$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aWages$xWomen$xLaw and legislation$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aWomen$xEmployment$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aMinimum wage$xLaw and legislation$zGreat Britain$xHistory 606 $aSex discrimination in employment$xLaw and legislation$zGreat Britain$xHistory 606 $aWages$xWomen$xLaw and legislation$zGreat Britain$xHistory 606 $aWomen$xEmployment$zGreat Britain$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMinimum wage$xLaw and legislation$xHistory. 615 0$aSex discrimination in employment$xLaw and legislation$xHistory. 615 0$aWages$xWomen$xLaw and legislation$xHistory. 615 0$aWomen$xEmployment$xHistory. 615 0$aMinimum wage$xLaw and legislation$xHistory. 615 0$aSex discrimination in employment$xLaw and legislation$xHistory. 615 0$aWages$xWomen$xLaw and legislation$xHistory. 615 0$aWomen$xEmployment$xHistory. 676 $a344/.0121 676 $a342.4121 700 $aHart$b Vivien$0288997 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455513603321 996 $aBound by our Constitution$92492784 997 $aUNINA