{"product_id":"working-girls-in-the-west-9780774814553","title":"Working Girls in the West","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExamining the eager debate that followed women into the paid workforce in the early twentieth century, this volume uncovers the “working girl” heroines of western Canada’s poetry, prose, and fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUsing an innovative mixture of literary and historical technique, McMaster's book successfully straddles the genres of literature, history, and gender studies to present an engaging look at young women in western Canada during the turbulent years of its explosive population growth in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. -- Merle Massie, University of Saskatchewan * H-Canada *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Working Women in the West at the Turn of the Century\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 The Urban Working Girl in Turn-of-the-Century Canadian Literature\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 White Slaves, Prostitutes, and Delinquents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 Girls on Strike\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 White Working Girls and the Mixed-Race Workplace\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion: Just Girls\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of British Columbia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404917154135,"sku":"9780774814553","price":73.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780774814553.jpg?v=1730488045","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/working-girls-in-the-west-9780774814553","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}