Women, Work and Wages in England, 1600-1850 (Women's & Gender Studies)
Editorial Reviews
Review
An excellent volume that makes a timely appearance at a point when the field of women's work and wages is (yet again) changing its shape and a book that points the way forward. RURAL HISTORYBRAll the articles offer high-quality original research that scholars will find stimulating and students will find readable and informative. URBAN HISTORYThe articles collected in this volume offer high-quality original research that deserves attention from scholars in the field, and that students will find readable and informative. EH.NET Significantly advance(s) our understanding of the nature and meaning of women's wages. JOURNAL OF BRITISH HISTORY (US) A valuable collection of papers that will prove to be of particular interest to historians of poverty and poor relief, and women in agriculture. LOCAL POPULATION STUDIES
Book Description
Women's work is recognised as fundamental to the industrialization of Britain in many fields. How it was rewarded is the subject of these studies, ranging over time, region, and occupation. Topics discussed here include children under the parish apprenticeship system, women's work for poor law authorities and how it was taken into account by welfare systems, the changing nature of women's work, remuneration and technology in British agriculture, questions of customary norms governing pay, female employment in many hitherto neglected urban industries, and women and the East India Company. The issues of gendered wages and customary earnings, family economies, regional and rural-urban contrasts, the impact of technological change, and the links between female work and formal welfare systems, are raised throughout. Contributors STEVE HINDLE, JANE HUMPHRIES, STEVEN KING, PENELOPE LANE, NEIL RAVEN, MICHAEL ROBERTS, PAMELA SHARPE, K.D.M. SNELL, NICOLA VERDON, SAMANTHA WILLIAMS.
Women, Work and Wages in England, 1600-1850 (Women's & Gender Studies),Penelope Lane,Neil Raven,K.D.M. Snell,Boydell Press,1843830779,Business & Economics,Business/Economics,Economic conditions,Employment,England,History,History - General History,Human Resources & Personnel Management,Labor & Industrial Relations - General,Modern - General,Social conditions,Women,British & Irish history: c 1500 to c 1700,British & Irish history: c 1700 to c 1900,Economic history,History / Modern / General,Social history,Women's studies,Work & labour,World history: from c 1900 -,c 1600 to c 1700,c 1700 to c 1800,c 1800 to c 1900
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