ISBN:
9780429024665
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0429024665
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9780429656279
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0429656270
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9780429658716
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0429658710
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9780429653834
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0429653832
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (xii, 148 pages)
DDC:
306.3/61509485
Keywords:
Dairy workers / Sweden / History / 20th century
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Dairy products industry / Sweden / History / 20th century
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Sexual division of labor / Sweden / History / 20th century
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Women dairy farmers / Sweden / History / 20th century
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Rural women / Sweden / Social conditions
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
Abstract:
"In this volume, Lena Sommestad explores the significance of rural womanhood in the formation of Sweden's gender-egalitarian welfare state in the early 20th century. Drawing on a rich array of documents, photographs, and interviews with women and men, she analyzes the changing gender division of labor in dairying and illuminates the dynamic processes and debates that shaped industrial workplaces. The book demonstrates the importance of rural women's gainful labor and organized activism to Sweden's citizenship-based social policies, which enabled married women to combine childrearing with breadwinning"--
Note:
"Routledge focus."
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Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 19, 2019)
DOI:
10.4324/9780429024665
URL:
Volltext
(URL des Erstveroeffentlichers)
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429024665
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