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Out to Work: A History of Wage-Earning Women in the United States 20th Anniversay Edition
First published in 1982, this pioneering work traces the transformation of women's work into wage labor in the United States, identifying the social, economic, and ideological forces that have shaped our expectations of what women do. Basing her observations upon the personal experience of individual American women set against the backdrop of American society, Alice Kessler-Harris examines the effects of class, ethnic and racial patterns, changing perceptions of wage work for women, and the relationship between wage-earning and family roles. In the 20th Anniversary Edition of this landmark book, the author has updated the original and written a new Afterword.
Book Details
- Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
- Publish Date: Jan 1st, 2009
- Pages: 416
- Language: English
- Edition: Anniversary - undefined
- Dimensions: 0.00in - 0.00in - 0.00in - 0.00lb
- EAN: 9780195157109
- Categories: • Labor & Industrial Relations• Women's Studies• United States - General
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@CivicsPod
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History in the time it takes to enjoy your morning coffee. Join me, Alycia, for quick stories about U.S History. https://t.co/Fq5VOpOS7G
Labor of Love, Labor of Sorrow / Jacqueline Jones Out to Work / Alice Kessler Harris A Class By Herself / Nancy Woloch Common Sense & a Little Fire / Annelise Orleck
Praise for this book
Praise for the Previous Edition:
"Impressive and deftly written....An example or two cannot do justice to the variety of materials and ideas the author draws together to explain how women workers have functioned as a low-paid reserve force, and why, as wage work became the rule rather than the exception in the 20th century, they
found themselves in marginal jobs stereotyped as feminine."--The New York Times Book Review
"Comprehensive and packed with information."--St. Louis Post-Dispatch
"Without a doubt the single best survey of transformation of women's paid and unpaid work from the colonial period to the present."--American Historical Review
"Impressive and deftly written....An example or two cannot do justice to the variety of materials and ideas the author draws together to explain how women workers have functioned as a low-paid reserve force, and why, as wage work became the rule rather than the exception in the 20th century, they
found themselves in marginal jobs stereotyped as feminine."--The New York Times Book Review
"Comprehensive and packed with information."--St. Louis Post-Dispatch
"Without a doubt the single best survey of transformation of women's paid and unpaid work from the colonial period to the present."--American Historical Review
Praise for the Previous Edition:
"Impressive and deftly written....An example or two cannot do justice to the variety of materials and ideas the author draws together to explain how women workers have functioned as a low-paid reserve force, and why, as wage work became the rule rather than the exception in the 20th century, they
found themselves in marginal jobs stereotyped as feminine."--The New York Times Book Review
"Comprehensive and packed with information."--St. Louis Post-Dispatch
"Without a doubt the single best survey of transformation of women's paid and unpaid work from the colonial period to the present."--American Historical Review
Praise for the Previous Edition:
"Impressive and deftly written....An example or two cannot do justice to the variety of materials and ideas the author draws together to explain how women workers have functioned as a low-paid reserve force, and why, as wage work became the rule rather than the exception in the 20th century, they
found themselves in marginal jobs stereotyped as feminine."--The New York Times Book Review
"Comprehensive and packed with information."--St. Louis Post-Dispatch
"Without a doubt the single best survey of transformation of women's paid and unpaid work from the colonial period to the present."--American Historical Review
Praise for the Previous Edition:
"Impressive and deftly written....An example or two cannot do justice to the variety of materials and ideas the author draws together to explain how women workers have functioned as a low-paid reserve force, and why, as wage work became the rule rather than the exception in the 20th century, they found themselves in marginal jobs stereotyped as feminine."--The New York Times Book Review
"Comprehensive and packed with information."--St. Louis Post-Dispatch
"Without a doubt the single best survey of transformation of women's paid and unpaid work from the colonial period to the present."--American Historical Review
"Impressive and deftly written....An example or two cannot do justice to the variety of materials and ideas the author draws together to explain how women workers have functioned as a low-paid reserve force, and why, as wage work became the rule rather than the exception in the 20th century, they found themselves in marginal jobs stereotyped as feminine."--The New York Times Book Review
"Comprehensive and packed with information."--St. Louis Post-Dispatch
"Without a doubt the single best survey of transformation of women's paid and unpaid work from the colonial period to the present."--American Historical Review
What people are saying
Civics & Coffee ☕️
@CivicsPod
2 years
History in the time it takes to enjoy your morning coffee. Join me, Alycia, for quick stories about U.S History. https://t.co/Fq5VOpOS7G
Labor of Love, Labor of Sorrow / Jacqueline Jones Out to Work / Alice Kessler Harris A Class By Herself / Nancy Woloch Common Sense & a Little Fire / Annelise Orleck