Women in 1900 : gateway to the political economy of the 20th century / Christine E. Bose.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bose, Christine E.

Series:

Women in the political economy.

Women in the political economy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--United States--Economic conditions--20th century.

Women.

Women--Employment--United States--History--20th century.

Sexual division of labor--United States--History--20th century.

Sexual division of labor.

Households--United States--History--20th century.

Households.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This interdisciplinary volume provides a historical and international framework for understanding the changing role of women in the political economy of Latin America and the Caribbean. The contributors challenge the traditional policies, goals, and effects of development, and examine such topics as colonialism and women's subordination; the links to economic, social, and political trends in North America; the gendered division of paid and unpaid work; differing economic structures, cultural and class patterns; women's organized resistance; and the relationship of gender to class, race, and et

Contents:

Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: Understanding the Past to Interpret the Present; 2. Home-Based Work and the Informal Economy: The Case of the "Unemployed" Housewife; 3. Race, Ethnicity, Class, and Gender: Determining Women's Employment; 4. Occupational Concentration: The Links Between Occupational Sex and Race Segregation; 5. Ethnic Enclaves and Ethnic Queues: Women and Domestic Work; 6. Female-Headed Households and the "Hidden" Headship of Single Mothers: Strategies for an Era Without Government Support; 7. Regional Segregation: Geography as a Context for Work

8. EpilogueAppendix: Supplementary Tables; Notes; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-250) and index.

ISBN:

9786612658549

9781282658547

1282658549

9781592137824

1592137822

OCLC:

646067863