Home to work motherhood and the politics of industrial homework in the United States
In the minds of most people, the home has stood apart from the world of work. By bringing the factory or office home, homework challenges this division. Home to Work restores the voices of homeworking women to the century-long debate over their labour. It provides a historical context to the Reagani...
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| Formato: | Libro |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge [England] ; New York, N.Y. :
Cambridge University Press
1994
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| Acceso en línea: | Sumario |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://unika.unav.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991010946479708016&context=L&vid=34UNAV_INST:VU1&search_scope=34UNAV_TODO&tab=34UNAV_TODO&lang=es |
| Sumario: | In the minds of most people, the home has stood apart from the world of work. By bringing the factory or office home, homework challenges this division. Home to Work restores the voices of homeworking women to the century-long debate over their labour. It provides a historical context to the Reaganite lifting of New Deal bans. Where once men's right to contract inhibited regulation, now women's right to employment undermined prohibition. Economic and political justice, whether based on rights to homework or rights as workers, will depend on homeworkers becoming visible as workers who happen to mother. |
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| Descripción Física: | xviii, 383 p. : il. ; 24 cm |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780521443708 9780521455480 |
