The Economic Emergence of Women

by Barbara R. Bergmann

Book Overview

This new edition of a classic feminist book explains how one of thegreat historical revolutions--the ongoing movement toward equalitybetween the sexes--has come about. Its origins are to found, not inchanging ideas, but in the economic developments that have made women'slabor too valuable to be spent exclusively in domestic pursuits. Therevolution is unfinished; new arrangements are needed to fightstill-prevalent discrimination in the workplace, to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312219415
• ISBN13: 9780312219413
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 255 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"