Description: Corgipack presents ... Workshop to Office: Two Generations of Italian Women in New York City, 1900-1950 ISBN:0801480051 Author:Cohen, Miriam Publisher:Cornell University Press Release Date:1993 Seller Category:History Qty Available:1 Condition:Used: Very Good Sku: 065467 Notes: Very nice and clean. Text free of highlighting and writing. Tightly bound. In turn-of-the-century New York, Italian immigrant daughters spent their youth in factories while their mothers did irregular wage labor as well as domestic work at home. By the I940s, Italian-American girls were in school, socializing and preparing for white-collar jobs that would not begin until they were eighteen. Drawing on a range of sources from censuses to high school yearbooks, Miriam Cohen examines shifting patterns in the family roles, work lives, and schooling of two generations of Italian-American women. Paying particular attention to the importance of these women's pragmatic daily choices, she documents how major social and political changes helped create new opportunities and constraints for the second generation. While financial need was a powerful factor in determining the behavior of the first generation women, Cohen shows, they and their daughters succeeded in adapting family survival strategies to new work patterns. Once the second generation was married, their careers mirrored those of the first in many ways: they raised children, cared for the home, and took on paid employment when necessary. Unlike their mothers, however, these Italian-American wives could also participate in the growing consumerism surrounding home and childcare. Throughout, Cohen compares the changing Italian-American experience with that of Jewish women, discovering significant similarities in these experiences by 1950. As well as presenting a nuanced portrait of one group of ethnic working-class women, Workshop to Office demonstrates the impact of political developments on individual lives. It will spark lively debates among students and scholars of social history, immigration history, labor history, women's history, and the history of education in the United States. 256 pages. Italian American women--New York (State)--New York--History--20th century, Italian American families--New York (State)--New York--History--20th century, New York (N.Y.)--Social conditions Don't forget to check out other great deals in our eBay Store!!
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Book Title: Workshop to Office : Two Generations of Italian Women in New York City, 1900-1950
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication Year: 1993
Topic: Women, United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), Emigration & Immigration, Women in Business, Women's Studies
Item Height: 0.8 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Social Science, Business & Economics, History
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Author: Miriam Cohen
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
