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Author:   Janet Finch
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.317kg
ISBN:  

9780415754200

ISBN 10:   0415754208
Pages:   182
Publication Date:   03 April 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction Part 1: Hedging Her In: How Men’s Work Structures Their Wives’ Lives Introduction to Part 1. 2. Time Elements: Patterns, Structures and Competition 3. Work Characteristics: Implications Inside and Outside the Home 4. Spatial Elements: Aspects of the Location of Home and Work 5. Constraints, Identities and Room for Manoeuvre Part 2: Drawing Her In: Wives’ Contributions to their Husband’s Work Introduction to Part 2. 6. Domestic Labour and the Production of the Male Worker 7. Giving Moral Support 8. Two for the Price of One: Peripheral Activities 9. Two for the Price of One: Back-Up Services 10. Two for the Price of One: the Additional Worker 11. The Productive Work of Wives Part 3: Married to the Job: the Foundations of Wives’ Incorporation Introduction to Part 3. 12. Varieties of Incorporation and the Occupational Dimension 13. Doing Three Jobs: the Hierarchy of Priorities 14. Making Sense of Being Married to the Job: Wives’ Careers and Projects. Bibliography. Index.

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