Limited Livelihoods: Gender and Class in Nineteenth Century England

ISBN-13: 9780415056540 / Angielski / Twarda / 1992 / 304 str.

Sonya O. Rose;Sonya O. Rose

Opis

Integrating analytical tools from feminist theory, cultural studies and sociology to illuminate detailed historical evidence, Sonya Rose argues that gender was a central organizing principle of the 19th-century industrial transformation in England. She elaborates a cultural theory of gender that suggests why it is an inherent aspect of all social and economic relations. Analyzing employer strategies and state policies and the role of work in family life, she demonstrates that neither industrial transformation nor class relations can be understood when reduced to gender-neutral and abstract forces.

Recenzje

`The strength of Rose's book lies in its stimulaitng discussion of gender as a historical force in the industrial development of 19th century England. ... this is a timely book.' - Fiona Terry Chandler Midland History

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 “Maintaining the Industrial Supremacy of the Country”; Chapter 3 “We Never Sought Protection for the Men Nor Do We Now”; Chapter 4 “To Do the Best You Can”; Chapter 5 “Mary Had a Little Loom”; Chapter 6 “Manliness, Virtue, and Self-Respect”; Chapter 7 “Brothers and Sisters in Distress”; Chapter 8 Conclusions and Afterthoughts;

O autorze

Sonya O. Rose