Getting by in Hard Times: Gendered Labour at Home and on the Job

by Meg Luxton and June Corman

Getting By in Hard Times describes the experiences of daily life for predominantly white, working class women and men during the period of "economic restructuring" begun in the 1980s. Luxton and Corman show how the shift from a pattern where women were full-time housewives and men were income earners, to one where women are increasingly income earners as well, is altering the experience of everyday life

Based on a case study conducted...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802071473
• ISBN13: 9780802071477
• Release Date: August 2001
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher