The Intersection of Work and Family Life

Nachdruck 2012
ISBN: 978-3-598-41476-3
Verlag: De Gruyter Saur

Buch, Englisch, Band Volume 5/2, 334 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 673 g

Reihe: History of Women in the United States

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cott, Nancy F.

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Betriebswirtschaft: Theorie & Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Series Preface -- Introduction -- Part 2 -- THE HISTORICAL PROBLEM OF THE FAMILY WAGE: THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND THE FIVE DOLLAR DAY -- RURAL PUSH AND URBAN PULL: WORK AND FAMILY EXPERIENCES OF OLDER BLACK WOMEN IN SOUTHERN CITIES, 1880-1900 -- Our Own Kind: Family and Community Networks -- THE "GOOD MANAGERS": MARRIED WORKING CLASS WOMEN AND FAMILY BUDGET STUDIES, 1895-1915 -- The Female Life Cycle and the Measure of Jewish Social Change: Portland, Oregon, 1880-1930 -- The Women's March: Miners, Family, and Community in Pittsburg, Kansas, 1921-1922 -- Cotton Mill People: Work, Community, and Protest in the Textile South, 1880-1940 -- BEYOND THE FAMILY ECONOMY: BLACK AND WHITE WORKING-CLASS WOMEN DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION -- The Economics of Middle-Income Family Life: Working Women During the Great Depression -- Working after Childbearing in Modern America -- A PROMISE FULFILLED: Mexican Cannery Workers in Southern California -- The Impact of "Sun Belt Industrialization" on Chicanas -- Copyright Information -- Index