Gender Matters from School to WorkGaskell (social and educational studies, U. of British Columbia) explores the way young men and women experience and account for the relations between school and work, and analyzes the way schooling and work have been organized by historical and continuing patterns of gender and class inequality. Distributed by Taylor and Francis. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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Making the Transition from School to Work | 53 |
Reproducing Family Patterns | 72 |
Inside the Business Education Classroom | 91 |
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