Women Workers and Gender Identities, 1835-1913
Subtitle: The Cotton and Metal Industries in England (Women's and Gender History)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: October 12, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780415239295
Subjects: Social history; Women's studies; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; Metal-workers; General; Social Science; Politics / Current Events; Textile workers; Sociology; Gender Studies; Labor & Industrial Relations - General; History / General; Women's Studies - General; Employment; England; History; Women
First sentence: In "seeking to rescue the poor stockinger, the Luddite cropper ... and even the deluded follower of Joanna Southcott, from the enormous condescension of posterity," E. P. Thompson sought to unveil "the making of the English working class."