{"product_id":"womens-work-mens-property-paperback-by-stephanie-coontz","title":"Women's Work, Men's Property Paperback by Stephanie Coontz","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eVerso\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(1986-04-01)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e232\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780860911128\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e283.5\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e21.59 x 13.97 x 1.27\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e“To some a book on the \u003ci\u003eorigins\u003c\/i\u003e of sexual inequality is absurd. Male dominance seems to them a universal, if not inevitable, phenomenon that has been with us since the dawn of our species. The essays in this volume offer differing perspectives on the development of sex-role differentiation and sexual inequality, but share a belief that these phenomena \u003ci\u003edid\u003c\/i\u003e have social origins, origins that must be sought in sociohistorical events and processes.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this way Stephanie Coontz and Peta Henderson introduce a book which fills a yawning gap in Marxist and feminist theory of recent years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWomen’s Work, Men’s Property\u003c\/i\u003e brings together specialist historical and anthropological skills of a group of American and French feminists to examine the origins of the sexual division of labor, the nature of pre-state kinship societies, the position of women in slave-based societies, and the specific forms taken by the oppression of women in archaic Greece.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMen’s Work, Women’s Property\u003c\/i\u003e will be welcomed by teachers and students of women’s studies and anyone with an interest in the biological, psychological and historical roots of sexual inequality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephanie Coontz\u003c\/b\u003e teaches history and family studies at the Evergreen State College, Washington. She is the author (with Peta Henderson) of the highly praised \u003ci\u003eWomen’s Work, Men’s Property: the Origins of Gender and Class\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46555286569121,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780860911128","price":26.55,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780860911128_fcd8de05-62dd-4639-8ed4-b4feeae1ac4f.jpg?v=1781782884","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/womens-work-mens-property-paperback-by-stephanie-coontz","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}