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Women's work, markets, and economic development in nineteenth-century Ontario /

Cohen focuses on the productive relations in the family and the significance of women's labour to the process of capital accumulation in both the capitalist sphere and independent commodity production.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cohen, Marjorie Griffin, 1944- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1988.
Colección:State and economic life ; 11.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Capitalist development, industrialization, and women's work
  • Division of labour in a staple-exporting economy
  • Farm women's labour in Ontario's staple-exporting economy: early to mid nineteenth century
  • The changing conditions of women in dairying
  • Women's paid work and the transition to industrial capitalism 1850-1911
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix.