Feminism records the struggles instantiated around such moments of contestation of state and capitalist dominance. Ammott, Teresa L. and Julie Matthaei. South End Press, 1991. Teresa Ammott and Julie Matthaei's text is a demonstration of what a political economic history of the United States would be if it were to center on women. They examine the multiplicity of women's work practices within the United States and how these practices were affected by gender, race, and class.
American capitalism is dependent on the racialized and gendered labor of women.
However, the labor of different groups of women are linked, and the material wealth and privilege of white, middle-class women in the United States is based on the exploitation of women of color and poor women in the U.S. as well as overseas. The final section traces the effects of historical transformations in capitalism over American history, how these transformations resulted in shifting class, gender, and racial hierarchies and meanings, and how these processes affected women's works. The switch from pre-capitalist to capitalist modes of production brought on wage labor and the sexual division of labor. Although this text does not discuss the changes in the nature and composition of women's works as an effect of the internationalization of the American economy and American neocolonialism, it's level of analysis is useful in that it provides a narrative of the experiences of American women which can then be inserted into a more global framework. Mapping Multiculturalism , Avery F. Gordon and Christopher Newfield, eds.