Discounted Labour: Women Workers in Canada, 1870-1939 (Themes in Canadian History)
Ruth A. Frager, Carmela K. Patrias
The years between 1870 and 1939 were a crucial period in the growth of industrial capitalism in Canada, as well as a time when many women joined the paid workforce. Yet despite the increase in employment, women faced a difficult struggle in gaining fair remuneration for their work and in gaining access to better jobs. Discounted Labour analyses the historical roots of women's persistent inequality in the paid labour force. Ruth A. Frager and Carmela K. Patrias analyse how and why women became confined to low-wage jobs, why their work was deemed less valuable than men's work, why many women lacked training, job experience, and union membership, and under what circumstances women resisted their subordination. Distinctive earning discrepancies and employment patterns have always characterized women's place in the workforce whether they have been in low-status, unskilled jobs, or in higher positions. For this reason, Frager and Patrias focus not only on women wage-earners but......
A Political and Economic Dictionary of the Middle East
David Seddon
A definitive guide to the economics and politics of the Middle East. This title provides clear definitions detailing terms, concepts, names and organizations used in relation to current economic or political affairs in the Middle East. Entries define, explain and give further relevant information on countries, regions, ethnic groups, political parties, organizations, policies and disputes. Definitions include: * Abu Jahid * Baath Party * Balfour Declaration * The Camp David Agreement * Golan Heights * Hawal * Kurdistan * The Polisario Front * Sharon * Zionism This unique collection of mini essays provides an invaluable background to an area at the forefront of international affairs. Coverage spans the following countries: Afghanistan, Armenia, Bahrain, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kurdistan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Oman, Palestinian Autonomous Areas, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkmenistan, Turkey, United......
KAZAKHSTAN ENERGY SECTOR HANDBOOK (World Business, Investment and Government Library)
USA IBP
Strategic and practical information for conducting business. Oil and gas resources, , regulations, investment & business opportunities, contacts...
The Art of S. Clay Wilson
S. Clay Wilson
THE ART OF S. CLAY WILSON is the long-awaited career retrospective of the most extreme of the Zap cartoonists of the late 1960s. A self-described "graphic agoraphobe," Wilson draws manically dense scenes of lurid mayhem that rank among the seminal works of underground, counterculture American art. It's all here, from the classic chronicles of the Checkered Demon to salacious stories about the pirates, prostitutes, and poets that inhabit Wilson's divinely depraved world....
Fashion of Football, The: From Best to Beckham, From Mod to Label Slave
Paolo Hewitt, Mark Baxter
Fashion has played a major part in the elevation of footballers to iconic status in recent years, whether it be George Best’s famous clothes shops or David Beckham’s unique dress sense. This is the first book to explore the link between football and fashion in both players and fans....
The years between 1870 and 1939 were a crucial period in the growth of industrial capitalism in Canada, as well as a time when many women joined the paid workforce. Yet despite the increase in employment, women faced a difficult struggle in gaining fair remuneration for their work and in gaining access to better jobs. Discounted Labour analyses the historical roots of women's persistent inequality in the paid labour force. Ruth A. Frager and Carmela K. Patrias analyse how and why women became confined to low-wage jobs, why their work was deemed less valuable than men's work, why many women lacked training, job experience, and union membership, and under what circumstances women resisted their subordination. Distinctive earning discrepancies and employment patterns have always characterized women's place in the workforce whether they have been in low-status, unskilled jobs, or in higher positions. For this reason, Frager and Patrias focus not only on women wage-earners but......
A definitive guide to the economics and politics of the Middle East. This title provides clear definitions detailing terms, concepts, names and organizations used in relation to current economic or political affairs in the Middle East. Entries define, explain and give further relevant information on countries, regions, ethnic groups, political parties, organizations, policies and disputes. Definitions include: * Abu Jahid * Baath Party * Balfour Declaration * The Camp David Agreement * Golan Heights * Hawal * Kurdistan * The Polisario Front * Sharon * Zionism This unique collection of mini essays provides an invaluable background to an area at the forefront of international affairs. Coverage spans the following countries: Afghanistan, Armenia, Bahrain, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kurdistan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Oman, Palestinian Autonomous Areas, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkmenistan, Turkey, United......
Strategic and practical information for conducting business. Oil and gas resources, , regulations, investment & business opportunities, contacts...
THE ART OF S. CLAY WILSON is the long-awaited career retrospective of the most extreme of the Zap cartoonists of the late 1960s. A self-described "graphic agoraphobe," Wilson draws manically dense scenes of lurid mayhem that rank among the seminal works of underground, counterculture American art. It's all here, from the classic chronicles of the Checkered Demon to salacious stories about the pirates, prostitutes, and poets that inhabit Wilson's divinely depraved world....
Fashion has played a major part in the elevation of footballers to iconic status in recent years, whether it be George Best’s famous clothes shops or David Beckham’s unique dress sense. This is the first book to explore the link between football and fashion in both players and fans....