Women and Work

By Ross Davies

Book Overview

In this book, first published in 1975, the author examines the role of women in the workforce. Despite representing a rapidly increasing section of the workforce, why are women still overwhelmingly confined to unskilled jobs? Why do they hold such a tiny proportion of managerial and professional posts? In answering these vital questions Ross Davies shows how women's economic roles in pre-industrial society were modified and distorted by industrialisation; how this legacy of exploitation has affected contemporary attitudes among both men and women; and how the present situation should be seen and assessed in its proper perspective.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 113828047X
• ISBN13: 9781138280472
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"