Paul Phillips

First published in 1981, H. Clare Pentland's Labour and Capital in Canada 1650-1860 is a seminal work that analyzes the shaping of the Canadian working class and the evolution of capitalism in Canada.

Pentland's work focuses on the relationship between the availability and nature of labour and the development of industry. From that idea flows an abs …

Contents:
1 Women's Work in Canada: The Historical Perspective
2 Participation in the Workplace
3 Wages and Inequality
4 The Economics of Market Dualism
5 Technology, Free Trade, and Economic Restructuring: Women and the New Economic Order
6 Women and the Labour Movement
7 The Future: Proposals for Change
Notes on Sources and Further Reading

Contents:
1 Women's Work in Canada: The Historical Perspective
2 Participation in the Workplace
3 Wages and Inequality
4 The Economics of Market Dualism
5 Technology, Free Trade, and Economic Restructuring: Women and the New Economic Order
6 Women and the Labour Movement
7 The Future: Proposals for Change
Notes on Sources and Further Reading

Women and Work provides an analysis of the issue of workplace inequality.

Among the topics discussed are women's participation in the workplace, the continuing disparity in wages, the impact of new technologies, free trade and economic restructuring, and the involvement of women in the labour movement.

This revised edition amplifies the authors' fi …