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

• Autore: Rose Sonya O
• Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1992
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xi, 292 pages)
• Disciplina: 305.3/0942
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-284) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Limited livelihoods
• ISBN: 9786610032341; 1-134-93440-8; 1-280-03234-0; 0-203-16799-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780116503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies on the history of society and culture ; ; 13.