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Book Synopsis
This book is about poor women, many of them single mothers, Aboriginal, or both, who have defied the odds to become apprenticing carpenters.

Table of Contents

Preface

1 Introduction

2 Laying the Foundation

3 The Everyday Lives of Our Heroes

4 From Blueprint to Reality: Challenges at the Job Site

5 Measuring Success

6 "A Hand Up, Not a Hand Out": Let’s Get SeriousAbout Retraining

Appendices

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index

If I Had a Hammer

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    Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
    Publication Date: 15/03/2005
    ISBN13: 9780774811187, 978-0774811187
    ISBN10: 0774811188
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    Gender studies: women and girls Society and culture: general

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    This book is about poor women, many of them single mothers, Aboriginal, or both, who have defied the odds to become apprenticing carpenters.

    Table of Contents

    Preface

    1 Introduction

    2 Laying the Foundation

    3 The Everyday Lives of Our Heroes

    4 From Blueprint to Reality: Challenges at the Job Site

    5 Measuring Success

    6 "A Hand Up, Not a Hand Out": Let’s Get SeriousAbout Retraining

    Appendices

    Notes

    Selected Bibliography

    Index

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