Adapting to Capitalism - Working Women in the English Economy, 1700-1850

Informationen zum Autor Pamela Sharpe Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Product details

• Authors: Pamela Sharpe
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.02.1996
• EAN: 9780333919019
• ISBN: 978-0-333-91901-9
• No. of pages: 226
• Series: Studies in Gender History; Studies in Gender History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries