Limited livelihoods : gender and class in nineteenth-century England

Limited livelihoods : gender and class in nineteenth-century England / Sonya O. Rose.

Integrating analytical tools from feminist theory, cultural studies and sociology to illuminate detailed historical evidence, Sonya Rose argues that gender was a central principle of the 19th century industrial transformation in England.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rose, Sonya O.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Routhledge, 1992.
Subjects:
1800-1899
Sex role > England > History > 19th century.
Sex discrimination in employment > England > History > 19th century.
Working class women > England > History > 19th century.
Women > Employment > England > History > 19th century.
Capitalism > England > History > 19th century.
Capitalism
Sex discrimination in employment
Sex role
Women > Employment
Working class women
England
History
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. "Maintaining the industrial supremacy of the country" : industrialists and gendered work
  • 3. "We never sought protection for the men nor do we now" : the state and public policy
  • 4. "To do the best you can" : women's work and homework
  • 5. "Mary had a little loom" : gender segregation, struggles over the labor process, and class antagonism in the English carpet industry
  • 6. "Manliness, virtue, and self-respect" : gender antagonism and working-class respectability
  • 7. "Brothers and sisters in distress" : the cotton textile weavers of Lancashire
  • 8. Conclusions and afterthoughts.

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