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ADAPTING TO CAPITALISM
WORKING WOMEN IN THE ENGLISH ECONOMY, 1700-1850 |
| By: |
Pamela Sharpe |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£44.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0333919017 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780333919019 |
| Publisher: |
PALGRAVE MACMILLAN |
| Pub. date: |
19 February, 1996 |
| Series: |
Studies in Gender History |
| Pages: |
226 |
| Description: |
Considering patterns of women's employment from 1700 to 1850, this text focuses on Essex to examine contemporary debates such as the sexual division of labour, continuity or change in women's employment, "separate spheres", "domestic ideology", and the effects of capitalism on women's employment. |
| Synopsis: |
This book considers patterns of women's employment in the period 1700-1850. Focusing on the county of Essex, material on the worsted industry, agriculture, fashion trades, service, prostitution, and marriage and family life will shed light on contemporary debates in history such as the sexual division of labour, controversy over continuity or change in women's employment, the importance of ideas of 'separate spheres' and 'domestic ideology', and the overall effects of capitalism on women's employment. |
| Illustrations: |
XI, 226 p. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Palgrave Macmillan |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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