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Author:

Porter, Susie S., 1965-

Title:

Working women in Mexico City : public discourses and material conditions, 1879-1931 / Susie S. Porter.

Publisher:

University of Arizona Press,

Copyright Date:

c2003

Description:

xxv, 250 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Women--History.--Mexico City--Mexico City--History.
Industrialization--Mexico City--Mexico City--History.
Vrouwenarbeid.
Industrialisatie.
Mexico City (Mexico)--Economic conditions--19th century.
Mexico City (Mexico)--Economic conditions--20th century.

Notes:

Chapter 6 was originally published as "And that it is custom makes it law: class conflict and gender ideology in the public sphere, Mexico City, 1880-1910" in Social Science History, 20: no. 1 (spring 2000). Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-242) and index.

Contents:

Women in metropolitan industrialization -- "She has moved beyond her sphere" discursive constructions of working women -- "Moral and material suffering" protest and power, 1880-1911 -- Inclusive marginalization, 1911-1930 -- "Poor yet honorable people" worker response to the gendering of the workplace -- "And that it is custom makes it law" vendedoras in the public sphere -- Working women and the State, 1879-1931.

ISBN:

9780816522682 (cloth : alk. paper)
0816522685 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)52070908
(OCoLC)54072591

LCCN:

2003008303

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)