Womens Paid & Unpaid Labor

by Nona Y. Glazer

Providing an original look at twentieth-century service occupations, Nona Y. Glazer offers an innovative interpretation of how managers reduce labor costs by shifting labor for paid women workers to women as family members. She critically examines the past and present practices of retailing and health service occupations as a way to better understand the deskilling, speed-ups, and job consolidation of nurses, salesclerks, and cashiers. Glazer calls...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0877229791
• ISBN13: 9780877229797
• Release Date: June 1993
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Length: 273 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"