Women and Work in Britain since 1840 - Couverture souple

Holloway, Gerry

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0415259118 ISBN 13 : 9780415259118

Editeur : Routledge, 2005

Synopsis

Book by Holloway Gerry

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The first book of its kind to study this period, Gerry Holloway's essential student resource works chronologically from the early 1840s to the end of the twentieth century and examines over 150 years of women’s employment history.

With suggestions for research topics, an annotated bibliography to aid further research, and a chronology of important events which places the subject in a broader historical context, Gerry Holloway considers how factors such as class, age, marital status, race and locality, along with wider economic and political issues, have affected women’s job opportunities and status.

Key themes and issues that run through the book include:

• continuity and change
• the sexual division of labour
• women as a cheap labour force
• women’s perceived primary role of motherhood
• women and trade unions
• equality and difference
• education and training.

Students of women’s studies, gender studies and history will find this a fascinating and invaluable addition to their reading material.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Gerry Holloway is a lecturer in Life History and Women's Studies at the Centre for Continuing Education at the University of Sussex. She has written extensively on women’s history and the feminist movement and is on the Committee of the Women’s History Network.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0415259118
• ISBN 13: 9780415259118
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320