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Informationen zum Autor Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935) was an American author of novels, short stories, poetry, and nonfiction. She was also a utopian feminist who gained fame and developed a social circle of like-minded activists and writers of the feminist movement as she lectured widely for social reform. She is most known today for her semi-autobiographical short story "The Yellow Wallpaper." Klappentext Human Work represents the first ground breaking analysis by noted feminist Charlotte Perkins Gilman on the equal importance of work in the lives of men and women. Gilman asserts that men created an economic dependence that has prevented women from success in the workplace. Introduced by noted scholars Michael Kimmel and Mary Moynihan, this is necessary reading for anyone interested in power and gender structures in the workplace. Zusammenfassung Represents an analysis on the equal importance of work in the lives of men and women. This book asserts that men created an economic dependence that has prevented women from success in the workplace. It is suitable for those interested in power and gender structures in the workplace. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Series Editor's Introduction 2 1. Introductory 3 2. Man as a Factor in Social Evolution 4 3. Concept and Conduct 5 4. Some False Concepts 6 5. The Nature of Society (I) 7 6. The Nature of Society (II) 8 7. The Social Soul 9 8. The Social Body 10 9. The Nature of Work (I) 11 10. The Nature of Work (II) 12 11. Specialisation 13 12. Production 14 13. Distribution 15 14. Consumption (I) 16 15. Consumption (II) 17 16. Our Position Today 18 17. The True Position