Research Catalog

Title

Counting for nothing : what men value and what women are worth / Marilyn Waring.

Author

Waring, Marilyn, 1952-

Publication

Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, c1999.

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Description

li, 310 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

"Counting for Nothing, originally published in 1988, is a classic feminist analysis of women's place in the world economy brought up to date in this reprinted edition, including a sizeable new introduction by the author. In her new introduction, the author updates information and examples and revisits the original chapters with appropriate commentary. In an accessible and often humorous manner, Waring offers an explanation of the current economic systems of accounting and thoroughly outlines ways to ensure that the significance of the environment and the labour contributions of women receive the recognition they deserve."--Jacket.

Uniform Title

If women counted

Alternative Title

If women counted

Subject

• Sex discrimination in national income accounting
• Women > Economic conditions

Genre/Form

• census.
• illustration.
• recensement.
• censo.
• ilustración.

Note

• Published in the US and Great Britain under title: If women counted.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 280-290) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Preface / Gloria Steinem -- 1. A Woman's Reckoning -- 2. A Calling to Account -- 3. The Boundary of Conception -- 4. Nothing Sexist Here -- 5. The Statistical Conspiracy -- 6. Villainy and Incompetentce -- 7. The Value of Death -- 8. A Value on Your Time -- 9. The Eye of the Beholder -- 10. "Your Economic Theory Makes No Sense" -- 11. If Counting was the Limit of Intelligence -- 12. Glimpsing the Whole.

ISBN

0802082602

OCLC

• 43798614
• SCSB-10217263

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library