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"By analyzing the process of work in both the electrical and the automobile industries, the supplies of male and female labor available to each, the varying degrees of labor-intensive work, the proportion of labor costs to total costs, and the extent of male resistance to female entry into the industry before, during, and after the war, Milkman offers a historically grounded and detailed examination of the evolution, function, and reproduction of job segregation by sex."--Journal of American History
"Analytic sophistication is coupled with a powerfully rendered narrative: the reader strides briskly along, enjoying one provocative insight after another while simultaneously absorbed by the drama of the events."--Women's Review of Books

Table of Contents
Preface xiii
1 Introduction 1
2 Fordism and Feminization 12
3 The Great Depression and the Triumph of Unionization 27
4 Redefining "Women's Work" 49
5 Wartime Labor Struggles over the Position of Women in Industry 65
6 The Emergence of a Women's Movement in the Wartime CIO 84
7 Demobilization and the Reconstruction of "Woman's Place" in Industry 99
8 Resistance to Management's Postwar Policies 128
9 Epilogue and Conclusion 153
Notes 161
Index 207

Gender at Work The Dynamics of Job Segregation

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      Publisher University of Illinois Press
      Published 1 January 1987
      ISBN-13 9780252013577
      978-0252013577
      ISBN-10 0252013573
      Also in:
      Labour / income economics

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review
      "By analyzing the process of work in both the electrical and the automobile industries, the supplies of male and female labor available to each, the varying degrees of labor-intensive work, the proportion of labor costs to total costs, and the extent of male resistance to female entry into the industry before, during, and after the war, Milkman offers a historically grounded and detailed examination of the evolution, function, and reproduction of job segregation by sex."--Journal of American History
      "Analytic sophistication is coupled with a powerfully rendered narrative: the reader strides briskly along, enjoying one provocative insight after another while simultaneously absorbed by the drama of the events."--Women's Review of Books

      Table of Contents
      Preface xiii
      1 Introduction 1
      2 Fordism and Feminization 12
      3 The Great Depression and the Triumph of Unionization 27
      4 Redefining "Women's Work" 49
      5 Wartime Labor Struggles over the Position of Women in Industry 65
      6 The Emergence of a Women's Movement in the Wartime CIO 84
      7 Demobilization and the Reconstruction of "Woman's Place" in Industry 99
      8 Resistance to Management's Postwar Policies 128
      9 Epilogue and Conclusion 153
      Notes 161
      Index 207

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