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Boydston, Jeanne Home and Work: Housework, Wages, and the Ideology of Labor in the Early Republic 2009 Book History of Work, Women's Work in History, Exploitation, Women and Work, Domestic Labour, Feminist Critiques of Work Centrality American Context, Domestic Labor, Unpaid Labor, Industrialization, Household Work, Home Economics
Citation Boydston, Jeanne 2009 Book American Context Domestic Labor Unpaid Labor Industrialization Household Work Home Economics History of Work Women's Work in History Exploitation Women and Work Domestic Labour Feminist Critiques of Work Centrality

Home and Work: Housework, Wages, and the Ideology of Labor in the Early Republic

by Boydston, Jeanne (2009)

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American Context, Domestic Labor, Unpaid Labor, Industrialization, Household Work, Home Economics

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History of Work, Women's Work in History, Exploitation, Women and Work, Domestic Labour, Feminist Critiques of Work Centrality

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