Gender and Poverty in Nineteenth-Century Europe

ISBN-13: 9780521621021 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 282 str.

Rachel G. Fuchs

Opis

In a major new history of the dramatic and enduring changes in the daily family lives of poor European women in the nineteenth century, Rachel Fuchs powerfully conveys the extraordinary difficulties facing women in this period. She offers a fascinating study of their experience of birth, sex and death, as well as the changing responsibilities of individual family members and the transformations in society's responses to the problems of poverty. This accessible synthesis will be essential reading for students of women's and gender studies, urban history and social and family history.

Recenzje

'The contributors to this volume are all leading scholars who have written extensively on specific aspects of the Parthenon, and their essays are not only authoritative syntheses of their own earlier work but also form an engaging assessment of current research, problems, and directions for future study. This valuable book is clearly intended for advanced students and established scholars and succeeds admirably in providing a thoughtful overview and summary of the state of Parthenon studies at the beginning of the 21st century.' Kevin Glowacki, American Journal of Archaeology

Spis treści

1. The revolutionary era, 1770–1815; 2. Population and poverty; 3. Rural society and the problems of poverty; 4. Working in the cities; 5. Life in the cities; 6. Charity and welfare.