In pursuit of equity : women, men, and the quest for economic citizenship in 20th-century America / / Alice Kessler-Harris

• Autore: Kessler-Harris Alice
• Pubblicazione: Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2023
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (385 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.4209730904
• Soggetto topico: Women's rights - United States - History - 20th century; Women - Legal status, laws, etc - United States - History - 20th century; Women - United States - Economic conditions - 20th century; New Deal, 1933-1939
• Soggetto geografico: United States Social policy
• Note generali: Previously issued in print: 2001.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 The Responsibilities of Life; CHAPTER 2 Maintaining Self-Respect; CHAPTER 3 Questions of Equity; CHAPTER 4 A Principle of Law but Not of Justice; CHAPTER 5 What Discriminates?; CHAPTER 6 What's Fair?; Epilogue; Notes; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume pierces the skin of arguments and legislation to grasp the preconceptions that have shaped the experience of women: a "gendered imagination" that has defined what men and women alike think of as fair and desirable. The role of the breadwinner is investigated as a prime example.
• Titolo autorizzato: In pursuit of equity
• ISBN: 9780197713860; 0197713866; 9780190281335; 0190281332; 9781280605192; 1280605197; 9780198020899; 0198020899; 9780195301786; 0195301781
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910960725703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford scholarship online.