The Resource Rural women workers in nineteenth-century England : gender, work and wages, Nicola Verdon, (electronic resource)
Rural women workers in nineteenth-century England : gender, work and wages, Nicola Verdon, (electronic resource)
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- Summary
- The range of women's work and its contribution to the family economy studied here for the first time. Despite the growth of women's history and rural social history in the past thirty years, the work performed by women who lived in the nineteenth-century English countryside is still an under-researched issue. Verdon directly addresses this gap in the historiography, placing the rural female labourer centre stage for the first time. The involvement of women in the rural labour market as farm servants, as day labourers in agriculture, and as domestic workers, are all examined using a wide range of printed and unpublished sources from across England. The roles village women performed in the informal rural economy (household labour, gathering resources and exploiting systems of barter and exchange) are also assessed. Changes in women's economic opportunities are explored, alongside the implications of region, age, marital status, number of children in the family and local custom; women's economic contribution to the rural labouring household is established as a critical part of family subsistence, despite criticism of such work and the rise in male wages after 1850. NICOLA VERDON is a Research Fellow in the Rural History Centre, University of Reading.--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (viii, 232 pages)
- Contents
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- Introduction. Rural women workers: the forgotten labour force
- Women, work and wages in historical perspective
- Differing views of rural women's work in documentary material: an overview of printed sources
- Women in the agricultural labour market: female farm servants
- Women in the agricultural labour market: female day labourers
- Alternative employment opportunities: domestic industries
- Survival strategies: women, work and the informal economy
- Conclusion Assessing women's work
- Isbn
- 9781846151507
- Label
- Rural women workers in nineteenth-century England : gender, work and wages
- Title
- Rural women workers in nineteenth-century England
- Title remainder
- gender, work and wages
- Statement of responsibility
- Nicola Verdon
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The range of women's work and its contribution to the family economy studied here for the first time. Despite the growth of women's history and rural social history in the past thirty years, the work performed by women who lived in the nineteenth-century English countryside is still an under-researched issue. Verdon directly addresses this gap in the historiography, placing the rural female labourer centre stage for the first time. The involvement of women in the rural labour market as farm servants, as day labourers in agriculture, and as domestic workers, are all examined using a wide range of printed and unpublished sources from across England. The roles village women performed in the informal rural economy (household labour, gathering resources and exploiting systems of barter and exchange) are also assessed. Changes in women's economic opportunities are explored, alongside the implications of region, age, marital status, number of children in the family and local custom; women's economic contribution to the rural labouring household is established as a critical part of family subsistence, despite criticism of such work and the rise in male wages after 1850. NICOLA VERDON is a Research Fellow in the Rural History Centre, University of Reading.--
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- 1970-
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- Verdon, Nicola
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- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
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- Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks
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- Women employees
- Rural women
- Agricultural laborers
- Women
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- Rural women workers in nineteenth-century England : gender, work and wages, Nicola Verdon, (electronic resource)
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- Contents
- Introduction. Rural women workers: the forgotten labour force -- Women, work and wages in historical perspective -- Differing views of rural women's work in documentary material: an overview of printed sources -- Women in the agricultural labour market: female farm servants -- Women in the agricultural labour market: female day labourers -- Alternative employment opportunities: domestic industries -- Survival strategies: women, work and the informal economy -- Conclusion Assessing women's work
- Control code
- CR9781846151507
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (viii, 232 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Use of this electronic resource may be governed by a license agreement which restricts use to the European University Institute community. Each user is responsible for limiting use to individual, non-commercial purposes, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. The use of software, including scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in the loss of access to these resources for the entire European University Institute community
- Isbn
- 9781846151507
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- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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- c
- Other physical details
- digital, PDF file(s).
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)57624802
- Label
- Rural women workers in nineteenth-century England : gender, work and wages, Nicola Verdon, (electronic resource)
- Carrier category
- online resource
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction. Rural women workers: the forgotten labour force -- Women, work and wages in historical perspective -- Differing views of rural women's work in documentary material: an overview of printed sources -- Women in the agricultural labour market: female farm servants -- Women in the agricultural labour market: female day labourers -- Alternative employment opportunities: domestic industries -- Survival strategies: women, work and the informal economy -- Conclusion Assessing women's work
- Control code
- CR9781846151507
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (viii, 232 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Use of this electronic resource may be governed by a license agreement which restricts use to the European University Institute community. Each user is responsible for limiting use to individual, non-commercial purposes, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. The use of software, including scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in the loss of access to these resources for the entire European University Institute community
- Isbn
- 9781846151507
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- digital, PDF file(s).
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)57624802
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