Women at work, 1860-1939 : how different industries shaped women's experiences /
This book examines three different groups of women - in coal mining communities, in inshore fishing communities and in agricultural labour. It demonstrates how the work these groups undertook was fundamental in shaping their experiences as women in different ways and shows that women's experien...
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| Μορφή: | Licensed eBooks |
| Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
| Έκδοση: |
Woodbridge, Suffolk :
Boydell Press
2013.
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| Σειρά: | Regions and regionalism in history ;
16. |
| Διαθέσιμο Online: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7722/j.ctt31nhk4 |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- Part I. Women in Coal Mining Communities
- 1. 1860-1914: 'Stay at home and look after your husband'
- 2. The Inter-War Years: The Contrasting Roles of Mining Women
- Part II. Women in Inshore Fishing Communities
- 3. A Household Economy in the Modern Era
- 4. The Inshore Fishing Community: 'A Race Apart'?
- Part III. Female Agricultural Labourers
- 5. 'Muscular Femininity'
- 6. 'Clever hands'
- Household, Demographics and Autonomy.