From marriage to the market : the transformation of women's lives and work /
Thistle, Susan.
From marriage to the market : the transformation of women's lives and work / Susan Thistle. - Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2006. - 1 online resource (xiv, 296 pages) : illustrations -
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-286) and index.
A world turned inside out -- Support for women's domestic economy in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries -- The breakdown of women's domestic economy after World War II -- Economic difficulties and a contradictory alliance -- The formation of a female underclass -- The "new economy" and the transformation of women's work -- How and why mothers have been shortchanged -- New possibilities and old inequalities.
With its broad historical and theoretical sweep, clear charts and tables, and accessible writing, 'From Marriage to the Market' will be an essential resource for understanding the tumultuous changes currently transforming American society.
English.
9780520939196 (electronic bk.) 0520939190 (electronic bk.) 1423789601 (electronic bk.) 9781423789604 (electronic bk.) 9780520245907 (cloth ; alk. paper) 0520245903 (cloth ; alk. paper) 9780520246461 (pbk. ; alk. paper) 0520246462 (pbk. ; alk. paper) 1601293860 9781601293862
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1900-1999
Women--Employment--History--United States--20th century.
Women--Economic conditions.--United States
Women--Social conditions.--United States
Work and family--United States.
Femmes--Conditions économiques.--États-Unis
Femmes--Conditions sociales.--États-Unis
Travail et familles--États-Unis.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Labor & Industrial Relations.
Women--Economic conditions.
Women--Employment.
Women--Social conditions.
Work and family.
United States.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.
HD6095 / .T49 2006eb
331.40973/09045
From marriage to the market : the transformation of women's lives and work / Susan Thistle. - Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2006. - 1 online resource (xiv, 296 pages) : illustrations -
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-286) and index.
A world turned inside out -- Support for women's domestic economy in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries -- The breakdown of women's domestic economy after World War II -- Economic difficulties and a contradictory alliance -- The formation of a female underclass -- The "new economy" and the transformation of women's work -- How and why mothers have been shortchanged -- New possibilities and old inequalities.
With its broad historical and theoretical sweep, clear charts and tables, and accessible writing, 'From Marriage to the Market' will be an essential resource for understanding the tumultuous changes currently transforming American society.
English.
9780520939196 (electronic bk.) 0520939190 (electronic bk.) 1423789601 (electronic bk.) 9781423789604 (electronic bk.) 9780520245907 (cloth ; alk. paper) 0520245903 (cloth ; alk. paper) 9780520246461 (pbk. ; alk. paper) 0520246462 (pbk. ; alk. paper) 1601293860 9781601293862
GBA631584 bnb
Uk
1900-1999
Women--Employment--History--United States--20th century.
Women--Economic conditions.--United States
Women--Social conditions.--United States
Work and family--United States.
Femmes--Conditions économiques.--États-Unis
Femmes--Conditions sociales.--États-Unis
Travail et familles--États-Unis.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Labor & Industrial Relations.
Women--Economic conditions.
Women--Employment.
Women--Social conditions.
Work and family.
United States.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.
HD6095 / .T49 2006eb
331.40973/09045