Hart Bound by Our Constitution

Women, Workers, and the Minimum Wage
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-2156-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
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E-Book, Englisch, Band 40, 272 Seiten

Reihe: Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International, and Comparative Perspectives

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Hart, Vivien

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Staats- und Verfassungsrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Acknowledgments

Ch. 1 Constitutional Politics 3

Ch. 2 No Sweat: Work and Women, Britain, 1895-1905 14

Ch. 3 Low-Paid Workers: The Trade Boards Act, Britain, 1906-1909 39

Ch. 4 A Sex Problem: The Politics of Difference, U.S.A., 1907-1921 63

Ch. 5 Police Power: The Welfare of Women, U.S.A., 1907-1921 87

Ch. 6 Gender Trap: Protection versus Equality, U.S.A., 1921-1923 108

Ch. 7 Due Process: The Welfare of the Economy, U.S.A., 1923-1937 130

Ch. 8 Labor and Commerce: The Fair Labor Standards Act, U.S.A., 1937-1938 151

Ch. 9 Conclusion: The Minimum Wage in the 1990s 173

Abbreviations 183

Notes 185

Index 247

Über Autor(innen)

Vivien Hart is Reader in American Studies at the University of Sussex.