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UNINA9910780116503321 |
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Autore |
Rose Sonya O |
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Titolo |
Limited livelihoods : gender and class in nineteenth-century England / / Sonya O. Rose |
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1992 |
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ISBN |
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9786610032341 |
1-134-93440-8 |
1-280-03234-0 |
0-203-16799-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xi, 292 pages) |
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Collana |
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Studies on the history of society and culture |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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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 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-284) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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LIMITED LIVELIHOODS GENDER AND CLASS IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY ENGLAND; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 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; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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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