1st Edition
Limited Livelihoods Gender and Class in Nineteenth Century England
By Sonya O. Rose
Copyright 1992
304 Pages
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Routledge
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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 nineteenth-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. Analysing employer... Read more
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;
Biography
Sonya O. Rose
`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
