Women in the Global Factory

Citation:

Fuentes, Annette, and Barbara Ehrenreich. 1983. Women in the Global Factory. Brooklyn, New York: South End Press.

Authors: Annette Fuentes, Barbara Ehrenreich

Abstract:

In free trade zones all over the world, women make up 80 to 90 percent of the workforce. Women in the Global Factory explores the lives of these women-from California's Silicon Valley to Mexico's maquiladoras (border factories) to New York's garment sweatshops.

Topics: Economies, Gender, Women, Livelihoods Regions: Americas, North America Countries: Mexico, United States of America

Year: 1983

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