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Women in an Industrializing Society: England 1750-1800
Penny Rendall
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Description for Women in an Industrializing Society: England 1750-1800
Paperback. An examination of the effects of the process of industrialization on the lives of women, both as paid workers and within the home. Num Pages: 96 pages, Bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; 3JH; HBG; HBLL; JFSJ1; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 142 x 217 x 12. Weight in Grams: 170.
This book examines the experiences of women in an industrializing society, not only in their paid employment, but also in the home. Both are vital to understanding the role women played in the industrial revolution in England. Jane Rendall draws upon the most recent work on the social history of the nineteenth century to consider the economic changes that brought new divisions of labour between the sexes in the working-class family and the growth of the ideal of 'separate spheres' for middle-class men and women. She shows how, by the end of the period, domestic labour, both paid and unpaid, ... Read more
This book examines the experiences of women in an industrializing society, not only in their paid employment, but also in the home. Both are vital to understanding the role women played in the industrial revolution in England. Jane Rendall draws upon the most recent work on the social history of the nineteenth century to consider the economic changes that brought new divisions of labour between the sexes in the working-class family and the growth of the ideal of 'separate spheres' for middle-class men and women. She shows how, by the end of the period, domestic labour, both paid and unpaid, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Condition
New
Number of Pages
120
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United States
ISBN
9780631153030
SKU
V9780631153030
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Ref
99-50
About Penny Rendall
Jane Rendall is interested in eighteenth and nineteenth century women's history and in the history of ideas. She is a Senior Lecturer in History at the University of York and also teaches in the Centre for Women's Studies at York.
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