Women's Work, Markets and Economic Development in Nineteenth-Century Ontario

Marjorie Griffin Cohen

Published by University of Toronto Press 1988

Women's Work, Markets and Economic Development in Nineteenth-Century Ontario

Marjorie Griffin Cohen

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https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442657526

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Cohen focuses on the productive relations in the family and the significance of women’s labour to the process of capital accumulation in both the capitalist sphere and independent commodity production.

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Cohen Marjorie Griffin :

Marjorie Griffin Cohen is Professor of Political Science and Women's Studies at Simon Fraser University.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Tables Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
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1. Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Capitalist Development, Industrialization, and Women's Work Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	14
3. Division of Labour in a Staple-Exporting Economy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
4. Farm Women's Labour in Ontario's Staple-Exporting Economy: Early to Mid Nineteenth Century Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
5. The Changing Conditions of Women in Dairying Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	93
6. Women's Paid Work and the Transition to Industrial Capitalism 1850-1911 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	118
7. Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	152
Appendix Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	247
Backmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	260

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 258

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Published: December 15, 1988
ISBN: 9781442657526