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Based on participant observation and in-depth interviews, this book describes the work women do in their homes, caring for children and partners, and maintaining the house. It shows how their lives are shaped by domestic responsibilities and challenges the ways in which their work is neither recognized nor valued. Arguing that the work they do is socially necessary and central to the economy, it calls for a transformation of current social and economic relations. -- Publisher's description (2009 reprint). Originally published: Toronto : Women's Press, 1980. Reissued as Women's Press Classic with updated preface. Contents: Introduction -- Domestic labour in Flin Flon: An overview of the study -- Wives and husbands -- Mothers and children -- Housewives and housework -- Making ends meet -- Bread and roses.