Women's work in East and West : the dual burden of employment and family life

Stockman, Norman 1944- (Author). Bonney, Norman, 1944- (Added Author). Sheng, Xuewen, 1956- (Added Author).

Summary: "The problem of coping with children and paid employment is one that troubles women around the world. This volume studies the varying ways in which they manage this phase of their lives. It demonstrates how historical, cultural, organizational and political factors shape the environment in which parents attempt to combine employment with domestic roles." --back cover

Record details

ISBN: 1563247089
ISBN: 1563247097 (pbk.) :
Physical Description: print
xiii, 232 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Publisher: Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, 1995.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-228) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	1. Gender, work and industrial society -- 2. Family, employment and urban society -- 3. Women in paid work in four societies -- 4. Family life in urban societies -- 5. Ideologies of family and women's work -- 6. Patterns of stability and change.