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University of California Press

Limited Livelihoods

Gender and Class in Nineteenth-Century England
by Sonya O. Rose (Author)
Paperback
Price: $33.95
Publication Date: Aug 1993
Edition: 1st Edition
Title Details:
Rights: Omit British Comm, Europe; Incl. Canada
Pages: 320
ISBN: 9780520074798
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About the Book

In the massive reorganization of lives and livelihoods that accompanied industrial capitalism in England, gender was a pivotal force. Through her analysis of industries ranging from metalworking and lacemaking to the manufacture of chocolate, Sonya Rose highlights the ways in which gender distinctions and gender relations influenced the development of capitalism.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 
1. Introduction 
2. "Maintaining the Industrial Supremacy of the Country": Industrialists and Gendered Work 
3· "We Never Sought Protection for the Men Nor Do We Now": The State and Public Policy 
4· "To Do the Best You Can": Women's Work and Homework 
5· "Mary Had a Little Loom": Gender Segregation, Struggles over the Labor Process, and Class Antagonism in the English Carpet Industry 
6. "Manliness, Virtue, and Self-Respect": Gender Antagonism and Working-Class Respectability 
7· "Brothers and Sisters in Distress": The Cotton Textile Weavers of Lancashire 
8. Conclusions and Afterthoughts 
Notes 
Select Bibliography 
Index