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THE PLEASURE OF A SURPLUS INCOME
PART-TIME WORK, GENDER POLITICS, AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN WEST GERMANY, 1955-1969 |
| By: |
Christine von Oertzen |
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Hardback |
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| ISBN 10: |
1845451791 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781845451790 |
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| Publisher: |
BERGHAHN BOOKS |
| Pub. date: |
28 February, 2007 |
| Series: |
Studies in German History 6 |
| Pages: |
250 |
| Translated from: |
German |
| Description: |
Explores the reasons behind the introduction of part-time work in West Germany and shows how it took root in factories, government authorities and offices. This book covers the period from early 1950s, a time of optimism during the first postwar economic upswing, to 1969, the culmination of the legislative institutionalization of part-time work. |
| Synopsis: |
Published in Association with the German Historical Institute, Washington, D.C. At a time when part-time jobs are ubiquitous, it is easy to forget that they are a relatively new phenomenon. This book explores the reasons behind the introduction of this specific form of work in West Germany and shows how it took root, in both norm and law, in factories, government authorities, and offices as well as within families and the lives of individual women. The author covers the period from the early 1950s, a time of optimism during the first postwar economic upswing, to 1969, the culmination of the legislative institutionalization of part-time work. |
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UK |
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Berghahn Books |
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