Caring for America home health workers in the shadow of the welfare state

This title is the definitive history of care work and its surprisingly central role in the American labour movement and class politics from the New Deal to the present. The authors create a narrative of the home care industry that interweaves four histories and considers their impact on today's...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Boris, Eileen
Other Authors: Klein, Jennifer
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2012, 2012
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This title is the definitive history of care work and its surprisingly central role in the American labour movement and class politics from the New Deal to the present. The authors create a narrative of the home care industry that interweaves four histories and considers their impact on today's most dynamic social movements
Item Description:Includes index
Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:9780199949496
0199949492