Adapting to capitalism : working women in the English economy, 1700-1850
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Adapting to capitalism : working women in the English economy, 1700-1850
（Studies in gender history）
Macmillan press, 2000
1st ed., Reprinted (with new preface and corrections)
- : pbk
Available at 11 libraries
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 202-220) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements Map of Essex Prologue: Making Shift Introduction: Women Adapting to Capitalism De-industrialization and the Staple: the Worsted Industry Re-industrialization and the Fashion Trades Agriculture: the Sexual Division of Labour Shifts of Housewifery: Service as a Female Migration Experience The Economics of Body and Soul Epilogue: Continuity and Change in Women's Employment Bibliography Index
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