Places et agents : les divisions ethnique et sexuelle du travail au Québec de 1931 à 1981

The socio-professional distribution of Quebec's total labour force has changed during the twentieth century. This is evidenced by examining the censuses that provide comparative occupation codes. As well, the sexual and ethnic composition of the labour force has changed substantially during this period. The authors analyse the manner in which these sexual and ethnic (British, French and Others) cleavages are, at various moments, called upon to assign agents to different places in the division of labour; in particular, it is a matter of seeing how the dominated groups, defined by these two cleavages, are used to fulfill the lower functions of the work hierarchy.

Cahiers québécois de démographie

Vol. 13

no. 1

87-100

Avril 1984

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