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If I Had a Hammer : Retraining That Really Works

2005

This book is about poor women, many of them single mothers, Aboriginal, or both, who have defied the odds to become apprenticing carpenters. To do so they have juggled child-care schedules, left abusive partners, and kicked drug habits to participate in a unique intensive retraining program. Through the voices of the women participants and their instructors Little analyzes the program to reveal the struggles and triumphs of low-income women. She demonstrates that there is a desperate need for retraining programs that provide real opportunities for economic independence. She also argues that, in an era of workfare and time-limited welfare, such programs are an effective strategy for welfare reform.
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Authors

Margaret Hillyard Little

Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Control Number Identifier
CaOOCEL
Dewey Decimal Classification Number
331.4/2592/0971
Dewey Decimal Edition Number
22
General Note
Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
Geographic Area Code
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ISBN
0774811188 9780774851275
LCCN
HD6059.6.C32
LCCN Item number
R43 2005eb
Modifying agency
CaBNVSL
Original cataloging agency
CaBNVSL
Physical Description | Extent
1 electronic text (x, 182 p.)
Published in
Canada
Publisher or Distributor Number
CaOOCEL
Rights
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
System Control Number
(CaBNVSL)gtp00521807 (OCoLC)244765211 (CaOOCEL)404243
System Details Note
Mode of access: World Wide Web
Transcribing agency
CaBNVSL

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