Ruth Frager, Carmela Patrias

Discounted Labour

Women Workers in Canada, 1870-1939

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Discounted Labour is an essential new work for anyone interested in the historical struggle for gender equality in Canada.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Februar 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 224mm x 145mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 358g
• ISBN-13: 9780802008282
• ISBN-10: 0802008283
• Artikelnr.: 21631253

Autorenporträt

Ruth A. Frager is an associate professor in the Department of History at McMaster University. Carmela K. Patrias is an associate professor in the Department of History at Brock University.

Inhaltsangabe

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Introduction
Part I: Image versus Reality
1. Industrial Capitalism and Women’s Work
2. White Collars
3. In Times of Crisis
Part II: Confronting the Disjuncture
1. Social Reform and Regulation
2. Resistance and Its Limits
Conclusion
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX