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Adapting to Capitalism: Working Women in the English Economy, 1700-1850 (Studies in Gender History)
Adapting to Capitalism Working Women in the English Economy 17001850 - Studies in Gender History
Author: Pamela Sharpe
How did capitalism affect women's employment? Were there continuities or changes in the gender division of labour in the Industrial Revolution? Using previously unexploited material from poor law and court records, Pamela Sharpe examines these questions through the words of labouring women in Essex and in London. By both exploring connections be...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780312128777
ISBN-10: 0312128770
Pages: 226
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Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Book Type: Hardcover
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