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Making motherhood work : how women manage careers and caregiving  Cover Image Book Book

Making motherhood work : how women manage careers and caregiving / Caitlyn Collins.

Collins, Caitlyn, (author.).

Summary:

A cross-national account of working mothers? daily lives--and the revolution in public policy and culture needed to improve them.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0691178852
  • ISBN: 9780691178851
  • Physical Description: xvii, 340 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Publisher: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2019]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 SOS; 2 Sweden: "It is easy in Sweden to work and have kids."; 3 Former East Germany: "I wouldn't know how to handle forty hours. . . . That's no life."; 4 Western Germany: " 'You are a career whore,' they say in Germany."; 5 Italy: "Nobody helps me. It is very difficult in Italy."; 6 The United States: "We can't figure out how to do it all at the same time."; 7 Politicizing Mothers' Work-Family Conflict; Appendixes; Appendix A: Notes on Methods; Appendix B: Interview Schedule; Notes; References; Index
Subject: Working mothers.
Working mothers > Cross-cultural studies.
Genre: Cross-cultural studies.

Available copies

  • 6 of 6 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 2 of 2 copies available at Cass County.

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  • 0 current holds with 6 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Cass County Library-Garden City 306.8743 COL 2019 (Text) 0002205572791 Adult Non-Fiction Available -
Cass County Library-Harrisonville 306.8743 COL 2019 (Text) 0002205572783 Adult Non-Fiction Available -


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