| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 296 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-286) and index. |
| Contents |
A world turned inside out -- Support for women's domestic economy in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries -- The breakdown of women's domestic economy after World War II -- Economic difficulties and a contradictory alliance -- The formation of a female underclass -- The "new economy" and the transformation of women's work -- How and why mothers have been shortchanged -- New possibilities and old inequalities. |
| Summary |
With its broad historical and theoretical sweep, clear charts and tables, and accessible writing, 'From Marriage to the Market' will be an essential resource for understanding the tumultuous changes currently transforming American society. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Women -- Employment -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Women -- Employment. |
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United States. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Women -- United States -- Economic conditions.
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Women. |
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Economic conditions. |
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Women -- United States -- Social conditions.
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Social conditions. |
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Work and family -- United States.
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Work and family. |
| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Subject |
Women. |
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Womyn. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Thistle, Susan. From marriage to the market. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2006 0520245903 0520246462 (DLC) 2005031019 (OCoLC)62172837 |
| ISBN |
9780520939196 (electronic book) |
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0520939190 (electronic book) |
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1423789601 (electronic book) |
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9781423789604 (electronic book) |
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9780520245907 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0520245903 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780520246461 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0520246462 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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1601293860 |
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9781601293862 |
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