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Working girls in the West : representations of wage-earning women
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- Creator
- Lindsey McMaster
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Vancouver : UBC Press, [2008]
- ©2008
- Physical Details
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- x, 209 pages ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780774814553, 1282593528, 077481456X, 9786612593529, 0774814551, 0774855800
- OCLC
- ocn649989997, ocn174138552
- Includes bibliographical references (page190 -198) and index.
- Working women in the west at the turn of the century -- The urban working girl in turn-of-the-century Canadian literature -- White slaves, prostitutes, and delinquents -- Girls on strike -- White working girls and the mixed-race workplace -- Conclusion: Just girls
Subjects
- Canadian literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
- Canadian literature -- Canada, Western -- History and criticism.
- Women employees in literature.
- Women in literature.
- Work in literature.
- Women employees -- Canada, Western -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
- Women -- Canada, Western -- Social conditions -- 20th century.