The gender of breadwinners: women, men, and change in two industrial towns,1880-1950. /
Parr, Joy.
The gender of breadwinners: women, men, and change in two industrial towns,1880-1950. / Joy Parr. - Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1990. - xiii, 314 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-308) and index.
Contents: Part one: Gender, culture, and labour recruitment -- The politics of protection -- When is knitting women's work? -- Domesticity and mill families -- Womanly militance, neighbourly wrath -- Part Two: As Christ the carpenter --Manliness, craftsmanship, and scientific management -- For men and girls: the politics and experience of gendered wage work -- Single fellows and family men --Union men.
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91103347
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Sexual division of labor--History--Ontario--Paris--19th century.
Sexual division of labor--History--Ontario--Paris--20th century.
Sexual division of labor--History--Ontario--Hanover--19th century.
Furniture industry and trade--History--Ontario--Hanover--19th century.
Furniture industry and trade--History--Ontario--Hanover--20th century.
Knit goods industry--History--Ontario--Paris--19th century.
Knit goods industry--History--Ontario--Paris--20th century.
HD6060.65.C32 O57
The gender of breadwinners: women, men, and change in two industrial towns,1880-1950. / Joy Parr. - Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1990. - xiii, 314 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-308) and index.
Contents: Part one: Gender, culture, and labour recruitment -- The politics of protection -- When is knitting women's work? -- Domesticity and mill families -- Womanly militance, neighbourly wrath -- Part Two: As Christ the carpenter --Manliness, craftsmanship, and scientific management -- For men and girls: the politics and experience of gendered wage work -- Single fellows and family men --Union men.
0802058531 (cloth : alk. paper) 0802067603 (pbk. : alk. paper)
91103347
C90-93236-8
Sexual division of labor--History--Ontario--Paris--19th century.
Sexual division of labor--History--Ontario--Paris--20th century.
Sexual division of labor--History--Ontario--Hanover--19th century.
Furniture industry and trade--History--Ontario--Hanover--19th century.
Furniture industry and trade--History--Ontario--Hanover--20th century.
Knit goods industry--History--Ontario--Paris--19th century.
Knit goods industry--History--Ontario--Paris--20th century.
HD6060.65.C32 O57