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The gender of breadwinners : women, men, and change in two industrial towns, 1880-1950 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Parr, Joy
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©1990.
Subjects:
Penmans (Firm) > Employees.
Knechtel (Firm) > Employees.
Sexual division of labor > Ontario > Paris > History > 19th century.
Sexual division of labor > Ontario > Paris > History > 20th century.
Sexual division of labor > Ontario > Hanover > History > 19th century.
Furniture industry and trade > Ontario > Hanover > History > 19th century.
Furniture industry and trade > Ontario > Hanover > History > 20th century.
Knit goods industry > Ontario > Paris > History > 19th century.
Knit goods industry > Ontario > Paris > History > 20th century.
Paris (Ont.) > Social conditions.
Hanover (Ont.) > Social conditions.
Sexual division of labor > Ontario > Paris > History.
Sexual division of labor > Ontario > Hanover > History.
Work and family > Ontario > Paris.
Work and family > Ontario > Hanover.
Penmans (Firme) > Personnel.
Knechtel (Firme) > Personnel.
Division sexuelle du travail > Ontario > Paris > Histoire.
Division sexuelle du travail > Ontario > Hanover > Histoire.
Travail et familles > Ontario > Paris.
Travail et familles > Ontario > Hanover.
Paris (Ont.) > Conditions sociales.
Hanover (Ont.) > Conditions sociales.
Meubles > Industrie > Ontario > Hanover > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Meubles > Industrie > Ontario > Hanover > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Bonneterie > Ontario > Paris > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Bonneterie > Ontario > Paris > Histoire > 20e siècle.
15.85 history of America.
Knechtel (Firm)
Penmans (Firm)
Work and family.
Employees.
Furniture industry and trade.
Knit goods industry.
Sexual division of labor.
Social conditions.
Ontario > Hanover.
Ontario > Paris.
Geschlechtliche Arbeitsteilung
Hanover > Ontario
Paris > Ontario
Arbeiders.
Kostwinners.
Rollen (sociale wetenschappen)
Paris (Ont.)
Hanover (Ont.)
1800-1999
Geschichte 1880-1950.
History.
Online Access:French equivalent / Équivalent français
Table of Contents:
  • Part One. Gender, culture, and labour recruitment
  • The politics of protection
  • When is knitting women's work?
  • Domesticity and mill families
  • Womanly militance, neighbourly wrath.
  • Part Two. As Christ the carpenter
  • Manliness, craftsmanship, and scientific management
  • For men and girls: the politics and experience of gendered wage work
  • Single fellows and family men
  • Union men.