Sunbelt Working Mothers Reconciling Family and Factory |
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| Author:
| Lamphere, Louise
Zavella, Patricia
Gonzales, Felipe |
| As told to:
| Evans, Peter B. |
| Series title: | The Anthropology of Contemporary Issues Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8014-8066-9 |
| Publication Date: | May 1993 |
| Publisher: | Cornell University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $44.95 |
Book Description:
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The recession of the 1980s triggered important economic and cultural changes in the United States, and working women were at the center of these changes. Sunbelt Working Mothers compares the experiences of Mexican-American and white mothers employed in apparel and electronics factories in Albuquerque and illuminates the ways in which individual women manage the competing demands of two roles.
The recession of the 1980s triggered important economic and cultural changes in the United States, and working women were at the center of these changes. Sunbelt Working Mothers compares the experiences of Mexican-American and white mothers employed in apparel and electronics factories in Albuquerque and illuminates the ways in which individual women manage the competing demands of two roles.