Adapting to capitalism : working women in the English economy, 1700-1850
Sharpe, Pamela1996
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Considering patterns of women's employment from 1700 to 1850, this text focuses on Essex to examine contemporary debates such as the sexual division of labour, continuity or change in women's employment, "separate spheres", "domestic ideology", and the effects of capitalism on women's employment.
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Basingstoke : Macmillan Press, 1996.
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x, 226p. : 1 map ; 23cm.
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Bibliography: p202-220. - Includes index.
ISBN:
9780333633915
Dewey class:
331.40942331.409
Language:
English
BRN:
1622784