Breadwinners and citizens gender in the making of the French social model / Laura Levine Frader.

Author/creator Frader, Laura Levine, 1945-
Format Book
Publication InfoDurham : Duke University Press, 2008.
Descriptionix, 347 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
Women--Employment. --France. --History. --20th century.
Sex discrimination in employment--France. --History. --20th century.
Sex discrimination against women--France. --History. --20th century.
Sex role in the work environment--France. --History. --20th century.

Contents Acknowledgments -- Introduction: gender in the making of the French social model -- Reconstruction and regeneration after World War I -- Gender division, the family, and the citizen-worker -- Managing the human factor -- Organized labor, rationalization, and breadwinners -- Toward the social model: citizenship, rights, and social provision -- Economic rights and the gender of breadwinners: the depression of the 1930s -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [301]-333) and index.
LCCN 2007039434
ISBN9780822341826 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0822341824 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780822341987 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0822341980 (pbk. : alk. paper)