The women of rural Asia /

The women of rural Asia /

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Author / Creator:Whyte, R. O. (Robert Orr), 1903-
Imprint:Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1982.
Description:xv, 262 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Westview special studies on women in contemporary society
Subject:
Rural women -- Asia -- Social conditions.
Rural women -- Social conditions.
Asia.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/516040
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Other authors / contributors:Whyte, Pauline
ISBN:0865312788 : $25.00
0865313377 (pbk.) : $10.95
Notes:Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 221-249.
Table of Contents:
  • Also Of Interest
  • Westview Special Studies on Women in Contemporary Society
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Scope and Objectives
  • 2. Approaches to the Study of Women
  • 3. Status in Different Communities
  • 4. Women's Status in Public Life: Indicators of Advancement
  • 5. Marriage
  • 6. Quality of Marital Relationship
  • 7. Widowhood and Divorce
  • Photographs Working Women in Rural Asia
  • 8. Residence After Marriage
  • 9. Number of Children in the Family
  • 10. Division of Labour and Decision-Making
  • 11. Women as a Source of Family Income
  • 12. Who Holds the Family Purse?
  • 13. Agricultural Modernization, Technological Innovation and Female Employment
  • 14. Help for Working Women
  • 15. Conclusions
  • Bibliography
  • Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations
  • Index of Geographical Terms
  • Subject Index

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