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Working women in Mexico City : public discourses and material conditions, 1879-1931 / Susie S. Porter.

Author/creator Porter, Susie S., 1965-
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoTucson : University of Arizona Press, ©2003.
Descriptionxxv, 250 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject(s)
Contents Women in metropolitan industrialization -- "She has moved beyond her sphere" : discursive constructions of working women -- "Moral and material suffering" : protest and power, 1880-1911 -- Inclusive marginalization, 1911-1930 -- "Poor yet honorable people" : worker response to the gendering of the workplace -- "And that it is custom makes it law" : vendedoras in the public sphere -- Working women and the state, 1879-1931.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [225]-242) and index.
LCCN 2003008303
ISBN0816522685 (cloth : alk. paper)

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