Shift work, childcare and domestic work: Divisions of labour in Canadian paper mill communities

Gender, Place and Culture

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 5-29

  Preston, Valerie ^b   Rose, Damaris ^a   Norcliffe, Glen ^b   Holmes, John ^b  

^a CENTRE URBANISATION CULTURE SOCIÉTÉ   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; DOMESTIC WORK; GENDER RELATIONS; LABOR DIVISION; WORKING CONDITIONS;

CANADA;

EID: 0034111974     PISSN: 0966369X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09663690024843     Document Type: Article

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