Gender, work and wages in industrial revolution Britain
By: Joyce Burnette.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780521880633
Subjects: Women employees -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Sex discrimination against women -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Industrial revolution -- Great Britain
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Women's occupations; title: Women's wages; title: Explaining occupational sorting; title: Testing for occupational barriers in agriculture; title: Barriers to women's employment; title: Occupational barriers in self-employment; title: Women's labour force participation; title: 8conclusion; title: Appendix to chapter three; title: Appendix to chapter four.