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Autore: | Cobble Dorothy Sue |
Titolo: | Dishing it out : waitresses and their unions in the twentieth century / / Dorothy Sue Cobble |
Pubblicazione: | Urbana, [Illinois] ; ; Chicago, [Illinois] : , : University of Illinois Press, , 1992 |
©1991 | |
Edizione: | First paperback edition. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (367 p.) |
Disciplina: | 331.4/78116479573/0904 |
Soggetto topico: | Waitresses - United States - History - 20th century |
Waitresses - Labor unions - United States - History - 20th century | |
Women labor union members - United States - History - 20th century | |
Note generali: | Includes index. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-300) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Part 1: The Occupational Community of Waitressing; 1. The Rise of Waitressing: Feminization, Expansion, and Respectability; 2. Work Conditions and Work Culture; Part 2: Watresses Turn to Economic and Political Organization; 3. The Emergence and Survival of Waitress Unionism, 1900-1930; 4. The Flush of Victory, 1930-55; Part 3: The Waitress as Craft Unionist; 5. Uplifting the Sisters in the Craft; 6. Waitress Unionism: Rethinking Categories; Part 4: Controversies over Gender; 7. ""Women's Place"" in the Industry |
8. ""Women's Place"" in the UnionEpilogue; Appendix; Abbreviations Used in the Notes; Notes; Index; A Note on the Author | |
Sommario/riassunto: | This book will expand our understanding of feminism and unionism by including the gender conscious perspectives of working women. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Dishing it out |
ISBN: | 0-252-09623-1 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910820030903321 |
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