Beschreibung:
First published in 1990,this title fills a gap in the history of women and work, it develops a theory of women's class relations, and gender and class generally, with an original case-study. Multidisciplinary in approach it is brought to life by interviews with those who worked in assembly-line industries during the inter-war period.
List of Tables, List of Figures, Acknowledgements, List of Abbreviations, 1. Introduction, 2. The Changing Pattern of Women's Employment, 3. The Restructuring of Industrial Capitalism, 4. Five Factories, 5. Women Assembling: Work, Wages and Assembly-Line Production, 6. Women Assembled: Gender and the Division of Labour, 7. Homeward Bound: Changes in Domestic Production and Consumption, 8. Women and the Total Social Organization of Labour, Appendix: List of Main People Interviewed, Notes, References, Index