Unpicking Gender : the Social Construction of Gender in the Lancashire Cotton Weaving Industry, 1880-1914.

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Investigating the radicalising effects of gender in the Lancashire cotton mills between 1880 and 1914, this provocative work challenges the received wisdom that women were passive victims of a sexually segregated workplace. Instead it brings to the fore the proactive efforts of female workers to sec...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schwarzkopf, Jutta
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Farnham : Ashgate Pub., 2007.
Colección:Studies in labour history (Ashgate (Firm))
Temas:
Women textile workers > England > Lancashire > History.
Sexual division of labor > England > Lancashire > History.
Sex discrimination in employment > England > Lancashire > History.
Women > Employment > England > Lancashire > History.
Cotton weaving > England > Lancashire > History.
Industrial relations > England > Lancashire > History.
Travailleuses du textile > Angleterre > Lancashire > Histoire.
Discrimination sexuelle dans l'emploi > Angleterre > Lancashire > Histoire.
Relations industrielles > Angleterre > Lancashire > Histoire.
Cotton weaving
Industrial relations
Sex discrimination in employment
Sexual division of labor
Women > Employment
Women textile workers
England > Lancashire
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; General Editor's Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; 1 Unpicking Gender: Introduction; 2 Setting the Scene: the Indian Summer of the Cotton Industry; 3 The Trouble with Weaving: Deriving Satisfaction from Work; 4 The Weaver's Rest: the Ultimate Escape from Weaving; 5 Making a Bid for a Family Wage: the Struggle around the Automatic Loom; 6 Weaving Fair and Weaving Free: England's Web of Destiny
  • Interweaving Shopfloor, Home and Street; 7 Gender Unpicked: Conclusion; Glossary of Technical Terms; Bibliography; Index.

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