The myth of the male breadwinner : women and industrialization in the Caribbean / Helen Safa.

Author/creator Safa, Helen Icken
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBoulder : Westview Press, 1995.
Description1 online resource (xvi, 208 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.).
Supplemental Contenthttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=http://www.aspresolver.com/aspresolver.asp?ANTH;1671704
Subjects
Women--Employment. --Cuba.
Women--Employment. --Dominican Republic.
Women--Employment. --Puerto Rico.
Women--Cuba. --Social conditions.
Women--Dominican Republic. --Social conditions.
Women--Puerto Rico. --Social conditions.

SeriesConflict and social change series
Review "Comparative sociohistorical study examines interplay of the economy and gender relationships in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic. Offers extended treatment of the impact of Operation Bootstrap on Puerto Rican women and gender relationships, the impact on women of the Dominican Republic's economic crisis and export manufacturing option of the 1980s, and the development of mass organizations for women in Cuba"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57. http://www.loc.gov/hlas/
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 187-198) and index.