The Women of Azua: Work and Family in the Rural Dominican Republic

by Barbara Finlay

The Women of Azua studies the effects of male-oriented economic development projects and export processing industries on the traditional family structure in Third World countries. Emphasizing the sexual division of labor, this study is based on field observations and a survey of women in rural communities in the Dominican Republic. The communities studied are all located near large agribusiness food-production facilities. The author studies...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275932206
• ISBN13: 9780275932206
• Release Date: November 1989
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.5"