labor legislation in Europe, the United States, and Australia, 1880-1920
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Wikander, Ulla > (ed.)
- Creator
- Kessler-Harris, Alice > (ed.)
- Creator
- Lewis, Jane > (ed.)
- Contributor
- Howe, Renate
- Publish Year
- 1995
- Shelfmark
- WER 5 1995 - B
- Thesaurus
- arbeid, arbeidsmarkt, wetgeving, arbeidsters, arbeidsrecht, nachtarbeid, sociale klasse, congressen, internationaal, Europa, Verenigde Staten, Australië, 1880-1889, 1890-1899, 1900-1909, 1910-1919, bundel
- Description
- Onderzoek naar het ontstaan en de ontwikkeling van de arbeidswetgeving in diverse landen van Europa, de Verenigde Staten en Australië. Ideologieën worden geanalyseerd, ook aandacht voor het effect van wetgeving in verschillende lagen van de bevolking, alsmede de standpunten van vrouwengroepen en arbeidersorganisaties. Bijdragen: Some 'kept the flag of feminist demands waving' : debates at international congesses on protecting women workers/ door Ulla Wickander: Equality for men? factory laws, protective legislation for women in Switzerland and the Swiss effort for international protection/ door Regina Wecker: 'Let England blush': protective labor legislation, 1820-1914/ door Jane Lewis en Sonya O. Rose: 'All these forms of women's work which endanger public health and public welfare': protective labor legislation for women in Germany, 1878-1914/ door Sabine Schmitt: Special labor protection for women in Austria, 1860-1918/ door Margarete Grandner: Women or workers? the 1889 labor law and the debate on protective legislation in the Netherlands/ door Ulla Jansz: 'Lagging far behind all civilized nations' : the debate over protective labor legislation for women in Denmark, 1899-1913/ door Anna-Birte Rav: The beginning of a 'masculine renaissance': the debate on the 1909 prohibition against women's night work in Sweden/ door Lynn Karlsson: Protection or equality? debates on protective legislation in Norway/ door Gro Hagemann: 'To the most weak and needy': women's protective labor legislation in Greece/ door Efi Avdela : A paradise for working men but not for working women: women's wagework and protective legislation in Australia, 1890-1914/ door Renate Howe: the paradox of motherhood: night work restrictions in the United States/ door Alice Kessler-Harris.