LEADER 03383nam 22007094a 450 001 9910450897303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-351-14366-2 010 $a1-281-09842-6 010 $a9786611098421 010 $a0-7546-8368-0 035 $a(CKB)1000000000411645 035 $a(EBL)429839 035 $a(OCoLC)476279200 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000265486 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11255702 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000265486 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10299697 035 $a(PQKB)11300425 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC429839 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL429839 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10211496 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL109842 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000411645 100 $a20020919d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aUnpicking gender$b[electronic resource] $ethe social construction of gender in the Lancashire cotton weaving industry, 1880-1914 /$fJutta Schwarzkopf 210 $aAldershot, Hants, England ;$aBurlington, VT $cAshgate$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (241 p.) 225 1 $aStudies in labour history 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7546-0980-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aCover; Contents; General Editor's Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; 1 Unpicking Gender: Introduction; 2 Setting the Scene: the Indian Summer of the Cotton Industry; 3 The Trouble with Weaving: Deriving Satisfaction from Work; 4 The Weaver's Rest: the Ultimate Escape from Weaving; 5 Making a Bid for a Family Wage: the Struggle around the Automatic Loom; 6 Weaving Fair and Weaving Free: England's Web of Destiny - Interweaving Shopfloor, Home and Street; 7 Gender Unpicked: Conclusion; Glossary of Technical Terms; Bibliography; Index 330 $aInvestigating the radicalising effects of gender in the Lancashire cotton mills between 1880 and 1914, this provocative work challenges the received wisdom that women were passive victims of a sexually segregated workplace. Instead it brings to the fore the proactive efforts of female workers to secure workplace equality, the successes of which led them to question and challenge their assigned position in wider society. 410 0$aStudies in labour history (Ashgate (Firm)) 606 $aWomen textile workers$zEngland$zLancashire$xHistory 606 $aSexual division of labor$zEngland$zLancashire$xHistory 606 $aSex discrimination in employment$zEngland$zLancashire$xHistory 606 $aWomen$xEmployment$zEngland$zLancashire$xHistory 606 $aCotton weaving$zEngland$zLancashire$xHistory 606 $aIndustrial relations$zEngland$zLancashire$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWomen textile workers$xHistory. 615 0$aSexual division of labor$xHistory. 615 0$aSex discrimination in employment$xHistory. 615 0$aWomen$xEmployment$xHistory. 615 0$aCotton weaving$xHistory. 615 0$aIndustrial relations$xHistory. 676 $a331.4/877/00942609034 700 $aSchwarzkopf$b Jutta$0986266 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910450897303321 996 $aUnpicking gender$92254178 997 $aUNINA