The Gender of Breadwinners : Women, Men and Change in Two Industrial Towns, 1880-1950 /

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This is a story of two Ontario towns, Hanover and Paris, that grew in many parallel ways. They were about the same size, and both were primarily one-industry towns. But Hanover was a furniture-manufacturing centre; most of its workers were men, drawn from a community of ethnic German artisans and ag...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Parr, Joy, 1949-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, 1990.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Penmans (Firm)
Knechtel (Firm)
Knechtel (Firme) > Personnel.
Penmans (Firme) > Personnel.
Penmans (Firm) > Employees.
Knechtel (Firm) > Employees.
Rollen (sociale wetenschappen)
Kostwinners.
Arbeiders.
Geschlechtliche Arbeitsteilung
Work and family.
Social conditions.
Sexual division of labor.
Employees.
HISTORY > Canada > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
Travail et familles > Ontario > Hanover.
Travail et familles > Ontario > Paris.
Division sexuelle du travail > Ontario > Hanover.
Division sexuelle du travail > Ontario > Paris.
Sexual division of labor > Ontario > Hanover.
Sexual division of labor > Ontario > Paris.
Work and family > Ontario > Hanover.
Work and family > Ontario > Paris.
Sexual division of labor > Ontario > Hanover > History.
Sexual division of labor > Ontario > Paris > History.
Hanover (Ont.)
Paris (Ont.)
Ontario > Paris.
Ontario > Hanover.
Hanover (Ont.) > Conditions sociales.
Paris (Ont.) > Conditions sociales.
Hanover (Ont.) > Social conditions.
Paris (Ont.) > Social conditions.
Livres numeriques.
History.
e-books.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • ""CONTENTS""; ""ILLUSTRATIONS""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""Introduction""; ""PART ONE""; ""1 Gender, culture, and labour recruitment""; ""2 The politics of protection""; ""3 When is knitting women's work?""; ""4 Domesticity and mill families""; ""5 Womanly militance, neighbourly wrath""; ""PART TWO""; ""6 As Christ the carpenter""; ""7 Manliness, craftsmanship, and scientific management""; ""8 For men and girls: the politics and experience of gendered wage work""; ""9 Single fellows and family men""; ""10 Union men""; ""Conclusion""; ""NOTE ON METHOD""; ""NOTES""; ""PICTURE CREDITS""
  • ""Select bibliography""""index""; ""a""; ""b""; ""c""; ""d""; ""e""; ""f""; ""g""; ""h""; ""i""; ""j""; ""k""; ""l""; ""m""; ""n""; ""p""; ""q""; ""r""; ""s""; ""t""; ""u""; ""w""; ""y""

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