Juggling Career and Family in the 1970s

2016-08-19 Biography & Autobiography

Author : Lynne Gross
Release : 2016-08-19
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 142/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Juggling Career and Family in the 1970s written by Lynne Gross. This book was released on 2016-08-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Juggling Career and Family in the 1970s includes 84 illustrated stories, sprung from the pages of the author's diaries, which she has kept since she was 10 years old. Most of the stories are based in the Los Angeles area of California. They incorporate historical facts and sociological commentary on such subjects as: amusement parks, astronomy, birthdays, boats, cars, child acting, child care, contests, electronics, friends, gifts, Goodyear blimp, grade school, Halloween, house cleaning, music, neighbors, pantsuits, paper routes, pets, piano lessons, puppet shows, radio and TV production, religion, sports, swimming, Television Academy, toilet training, toys, travel, videotape recorders, and women's liberation.

Durable Trades

2020-11-12 Religion

Author : Rory Groves
Release : 2020-11-12
Genre : Religion
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Book Rating : 159/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Durable Trades written by Rory Groves. This book was released on 2020-11-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With over thirty thousand occupations currently in existence, workers today face a bewildering array of careers from which to choose, and upon which to center their lives. But there is more at stake than just a paycheck. For too long, work has driven a wedge between families, dividing husband from wife, father from son, mother from daughter, and family from home. Building something that will last requires a radically different approach than is common or encouraged today. In Durable Trades, Groves uncovers family-centered professions that have endured the worst upheavals in history--including the Industrial Revolution--and continue to thrive today. Through careful research and thoughtful commentary, Groves offers another way forward to those looking for a more durable future.

Coming of Age in the 1950s

2014-05-25 Biography & Autobiography

Author : Lynne Gross
Release : 2014-05-25
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 487/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Coming of Age in the 1950s written by Lynne Gross. This book was released on 2014-05-25. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coming of Age in the 1950s includes 64 illustrated short stories, sprung from the pages of the author's diaries, which she has kept since she was 10 years old. Most of the stories are based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but the last few feature Los Angeles, California. The stories incorporate historical facts and sociological commentary on such subjects as apartments, cars, clothes, college dorm life, dating, death, friendship, high school, illness, junior high, meals, modeling, marriage, Miss America, music, newspapers, part-time jobs, pets, religion, shopping, snow, sororities, teachers, television, and travel.

Raising the Race

2015-12-01 Social Science

Author : Riché J. Daniel Barnes
Release : 2015-12-01
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 389/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Raising the Race written by Riché J. Daniel Barnes. This book was released on 2015-12-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2017 Race, Gender, and Class Section Book Award from the American Sociological Association Popular discussions of professional women often dwell on the conflicts faced by the woman who attempts to “have it all,” raising children while climbing up the corporate ladder. Yet for all the articles and books written on this subject, there has been little work that focuses on the experience of African American professional women or asks how their perspectives on work-family balance might be unique. Raising the Race is the first scholarly book to examine how black, married career women juggle their relationships with their extended and nuclear families, the expectations of the black community, and their desires to raise healthy, independent children. Drawing from extensive interviews with twenty-three Atlanta-based professional women who left or modified careers as attorneys, physicians, executives, and administrators, anthropologist Riché J. Daniel Barnes found that their decisions were deeply rooted in an awareness of black women’s historical struggles. Departing from the possessive individualistic discourse of “having it all,” the women profiled here think beyond their own situation—considering ways their decisions might help the entire black community. Giving a voice to women whose perspectives have been underrepresented in debates about work-family balance, Barnes’s profiles enable us to perceive these women as fully fledged individuals, each with her own concerns and priorities. Yet Barnes is also able to locate many common themes from these black women’s experiences, and uses them to propose policy initiatives that would improve the work and family lives of all Americans.

Dangdut Stories

2010-09-21 Music

Author : Andrew N. Weintraub
Release : 2010-09-21
Genre : Music
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Book Rating : 597/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Dangdut Stories written by Andrew N. Weintraub. This book was released on 2010-09-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A keen critic of culture in modern Indonesia, Andrew N. Weintraub shows how a genre of Indonesian music called dangdut evolved from a debased form of urban popular music to a prominent role in Indonesian cultural politics and the commercial music industry. Dangdut Stories is a social and musical history of dangdut within a range of broader narratives about class, gender, ethnicity, and nation in post-independence Indonesia (1945-present).

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