The Rise and Decline of the Male Breadwinner Family? : Studies in Gendered Patterns of Labour Division and Household Organisation

Omtale

This collection of essays looks at the origins and expansion of different patterns of breadwinning in both western and non-western history. As a collection it provides new insights into the historical and cross-cultural development of the male breadwinner family and its determinants, and as such, it provides an important contribution to the ongoing debate on patterns of breadwinning.