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Women, Work & Sexual Politics in Eighteenth-Century England
Bridget Hill
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Description for Women, Work & Sexual Politics in Eighteenth-Century England
Paperback. A reassessment of women's experience of work in 18th-century England, and the effects it had on industrialization and other economic, social and technological changes. It also examines how this influenced marriage and relations between the sexes. Series: Women's and Gender History. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; HBTB; JFSJ1; JHBL; KCF; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 388.
The author offers a reassessment of how women's experience of work in 18th- century England was affected by industrialization and other elements of economic, social and technological change.; This study focuses on the household, the most important unit of production in the 18th century. Hill examines the work done by the women of the household, not only in "housework" but also in agriculture and manufacturing, and explains what women lost as the household's independence as a unit of economic production was undermined.; Considering the whole range of activities in which women were involved - including many occupations unrecorded in censuses ... Read more
The author offers a reassessment of how women's experience of work in 18th- century England was affected by industrialization and other elements of economic, social and technological change.; This study focuses on the household, the most important unit of production in the 18th century. Hill examines the work done by the women of the household, not only in "housework" but also in agriculture and manufacturing, and explains what women lost as the household's independence as a unit of economic production was undermined.; Considering the whole range of activities in which women were involved - including many occupations unrecorded in censuses ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
Women's and Gender History
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781857282139
SKU
V9781857282139
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Ref
99-1
Reviews for Women, Work & Sexual Politics in Eighteenth-Century England
'This book is both original and comprehensive. It is an excellent teaching text with scores of insights. It is sound history, providing revisions and reassessments without over-emphatic polemics.' - E.P. Thompson 'Serves as a model of what women's history could and should be.' - Signs