Gender, Work and Wages in Industrial Revolution Britain
(Part of the Cambridge Studies in Economic History - Second Series Series)
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A major study of the role of women in the labour market of Industrial Revolution Britain. It is well known that men and women usually worked in different occupations, and that women earned lower wages than men. These differences are usually attributed to custom but Joyce Burnette here demonstrates instead that gender differences in occupations and wages were instead largely driven by market forces. Her findings reveal that rather than harming women...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521312280
ISBN13:9780521312288
Release Date:June 2011
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:390 Pages
Weight:1.15 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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