1st Edition
Unpicking Gender The Social Construction of Gender in the Lancashire Cotton Weaving Industry, 1880-1914
By Jutta Schwarzkopf
Copyright 2004
240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
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The Lancashire cotton industry doubtless counts among the most thoroughly researched industries in Britain. Cotton processing has attracted attention both as the pioneer of industrialization and the harbinger of industrial decline, in many ways typifying the development of the British economy from unchallenged global leader to the demise of large sectors of its manufacturing industry. Yet among... Read more
Contents: Unpicking gender: introduction; Setting the scene: the Indian summer of the cotton industry; The trouble with weaving: deriving satisfaction from work; The weaver's rest: the ultimate escape from weaving; Making a bid for a family wage: the struggle around the automatic loom; Weaving fair and weaving free: England's web of destiny - Interweaving shopfloor, home and street; Gender unpicked: conclusion; Glossary of technical terms; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Jutta Schwarzkopf
