The pleasure of a surplus income : part-time work, gender politics, and social change in West Germany, 1955-1969

The pleasure of a surplus income : part-time work, gender politics, and social change in West Germany, 1955-1969 / Christine von Oertzen ; translated from the German by Pamela Selwyn.

Author/creator	Oertzen, Christine von
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	New York : Berghahn Books, 2007.
Description	xi, 238 pages, 6 pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Table of contents only
Subject(s)	Women--Employment --Germany (West) Part-time employment--Germany (West) Women employees--Germany.

Uniform title	Teilzeitarbeit und die Lust am Zuverdienen. English
Series	Studies in German history ; v. 6 Studies in German history v. 6. ^A712955
Contents	Paid employment for married women? contradictory viewpoints in the 1950s -- Changing public opinion, 1959-1969 -- New rights for married women : the legal institutionalization of part-time work -- Part-time employment becomes normal -- The introduction of part-time employment : phases and patterns of expansion in industry -- Part-time work in the office -- Housewives on the move : life models and assertion strategies -- Part-time employment in the two Germanys : common ground, separate paths.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-233) and index.
LCCN	2006019291
ISBN	9781845451790 (hardback : alk. paper)
ISBN	1845451791 (hardback : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	HD6149 .O38513 2007	✔ Available	Place Hold