| Description |
ix, 260 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-253) and index. |
| Contents |
1. Studying Women Workers in Export Industries -- 2. The Maquila Industry in Global Perspective -- 3. Women and the New International Division of Labor -- 4. Women, Employment, and Ideology in Northern Mexico -- 5. Fertility, Selective Recruitment, and the "Ideal" Worker -- 6. The Temporary Worker Image: Labor-Force Histories of Maquila and Service Workers -- 7. Women's Domestic Roles and Employment Histories -- 8. Wages, Benefits, and Employment Alternatives for Women: The "Maquila-Grade" Labor Shortage -- 9. Job Satisfaction and Labor Turnover -- 10. Acquiescence, Alienation, Accommodation, and Resistance: Maquila Employment and Women's Consciousness -- 11. Labor, Gender, and Ideology in the Maquila Industry. |
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Women offshore assembly industry workers -- Mexico.
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Working class women -- Mexico.
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Sexual division of labor -- Mexico.
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Offshore assembly industry -- Mexico.
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Sexos, Papel de los, en el trabajo -- Mexico.
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División sexual en el trabajo -- Mexico.
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Sexual division of labor. (OCoLC)fst01114830
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Women offshore assembly industry workers. (OCoLC)fst01178232
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Working class women. (OCoLC)fst01180569
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Mexico. (OCoLC)fst01211700
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Werkende vrouwen.
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Industrie.
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Grenzgebiet.
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Montageindustrie.
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Frau.
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Mexiko.
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United States.
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| Chronological Term |
Geschichte 1970-1990
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| Indexed Term |
Sexual division of labor Mexico |
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Women offshore assembly industry workers Mexico |
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Working class women Mexico |
| ISBN |
1566391954 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9781566391955 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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1566391962 (paper : alk. paper) |
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9781566391962 (paper : alk. paper) |
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