Angels of the Workplace Women and the Construction of Gender Relations in the Canadian Clothing Industry, 1890-1940 |
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| Author:
| Steedman, Mercedes |
| Series title: | Canadian Social History Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-541308-3 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 1997 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $22.95 |
Book Description:
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This book tries to explain the subtle dynamics of gender discrimination that pervaded the needle trades. The interaction of gender and ethnic culture provide a backdrop to the volatile lives of men and women who worked these trades in the first half of this century.
This book tries to explain the subtle dynamics of gender discrimination that pervaded the needle trades. The interaction of gender and ethnic culture provide a backdrop to the volatile lives of men and women who worked these trades in the first half of this century.