Bound by our Constitution : women, workers, and the minimum wage / Vivien Hart
1994, 1st edition. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press. Near fine title-blocked cloth copy with only slightly dust-stained panel-edges in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #396742
ISBN: 069103480X
Physical description; (xv, 255 pages). Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-246) and index. Contents; Chapter One: Constitutional politics -- Chapter Two: No sweat: work and women, Britain, 1895-1905 -- Chapter Three: Low-paid workers: the trade boards act, Britain, 1906-1909 -- Chapter Four: A sex problem: the politics of difference, U.S.A., 1907-1921 -- Chapter Five: Police power: the welfare of women, U.S.A., 1907-1921 -- Chapter Six: Gender trap: protection versus equality, U.S.A., 1921-1923 -- Chapter Seven: Due process: the welfare of the economy, U.S.A., 1923-1937 -- Chapter Eight: Labor and commerce: the fair labor standards act, U.S.A., 1937-1938 -- Chapter Nine: Conclusion: The minimum wage in the 1900s. Subjects;
Minimum wage Law and legislation United States History. Sex discrimination in employment Law and legislation United States History. Wages Women Law and legislation United States History. Women Employment United States History. Minimum wage Law and legislation Great Britain History. LAW Labor & Employment. LAW Constitutional. LAW Public. Minimum Wage. Sex Discrimination. Law. Legislation. History. Comparative Studies. Minimum wage Women workers United States Economic history 20th century. Minimum wage Law and legislation United States History. Minimum wage Law and legislation Great Britain History. Labour legislation. Low income. Trade union attitude. State intervention. Equal rights. Employment opportunity. Judicial decision. Abbreviations.
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