Most social histories of working women in Britain before the 19th century have focused on large groups such as factory workers and domestic servants, where the numbers might allow some quantitative co
The figure of the seamstress occupied an important place in 19th-century debates about women's work and education. The 15 articles in this volume address the seamstress as a cultural icon in the art a
Women's employment is one of the most widely-discussed and often-misunderstood issues of modern society. Are women today oppressed, or do they have the best of both worlds? Do women have to go out to
This book represents the coming together of two key debates within organization studies: theorizing on gender and ways of understanding resistance. These debates have been given renewed vigour with th
The second edition of Working Women in America: Split Dreams highlights current research on critical issues affecting American women in today's global workplace. It features updated information and ex
In the rural immigrant community of Istanbul, poor women spend up to fifty hours a week producing goods for export, yet deny that they actually 'work'. Money Makes Us Relatives asks why Turkish socie
In the late nineteenth century, most jobs were strictly segregated by sex. And yet, despite their separation at work, male and female employees regularly banded together when they or their unions cons
In The Science Glass Ceiling, Sue Rosser chronicles the plight of women faculty across the country. Noting difficulties, double standards, and backlash that they routinely face. Rosser interviewed s
Thirteen contributions from international academics explore the working and family lives of women in contemporary East and Southeast Asia. A total of ten Asian economies at different stages of economi
Davidson (U. of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, UK) and Burke (York U.) present 20 individual country overviews of the status of women in management positions in Europe, the Americas,
Widely interdisciplinary in appeal, this book reports on the successes of innovative training opportunities for non-college women who end up in low-paying, low-mobility, pink-collar jobs. The author e
“Important and provocative . . . There are many tempting reasons to pick up Global Woman.” —The New York Times Women are moving around the globe as never before. But for every femal
The years from the Porfiriato to the post-Revolutionary regimes were a time of rising industrialism in Mexico that dramatically affected the lives of workers. Much of what we know about their experie
Italian economists and activists, a couple of them working in Canada, analyze changes in women's employment and unemployment, and their link with family behavior in productive and reproductive activit
First published in 1982, this pioneering work traces the transformation of "women's work" into wage labor in the United States, identifying the social, economic, and ideological forces that have shape
What accounts for the growing income inequalities in Silicon Valley, despite huge technological and economic strides? Why have the once-powerful labor unions declined in their influence? How are incre
An attorney specializing in employee discrimination, Gregory argues that sex discrimination against working women persists; that the most effective method of eliminating it is opposing all employer di
Haeri (women's studies, Boston U.) presents an ethnography of six educated, middle- and upper-middle-class, professional Pakistani women who, while challenging the status quo and traditional male hier
