History of European women's work : 1700 to the present, A
Women Rural women Women domestics Women farmers Housewives Home economics naiset Women household employees Agricultrices Économie domestique Employées de maison Femmes au foyer Femmes en milieu rural Femmes BUSINESS & ECONOMICS POLITICAL SCIENCE History kurssikirja sähkökirjat
Routledge
1998
EISBN 9780203007006
1. Introduction.
Pt. I. The eighteenth century, c. 1700-90. 2. Women, household and farm. 3. Making, selling, serving. 4. Location, skill and status.
Pt. II. The nineteenth century, c. 1790-1880. 5. Domesticity, the invention of housework, and domestic service. 6. Rural women - farmhouse and agriculture. 7. Industry, commerce and public service. 8. Continuity and change: gender, skill and status.
Pt. III. The twentieth century, c. 1880-1980. 9. Home and work. 10. Continuities in country and town. 11. New work: white blouses in the tertiary sector. 12. Conclusion: gender, skill and status.
In this text Deborah Simonton takes an overview of trends in women's work across Europe and including Russia, Britain, Germany and France, from the pre-industrial period to the present. Focusing on the role of gender and class as it defines women's labour, and examines: a wide range of occupations such as teaching and farming; contrasting rates of change in different European countries; the definition of work within and outside patriarchal families; local versus Europe-wide developments; and demographic and economic changes.
Pt. I. The eighteenth century, c. 1700-90. 2. Women, household and farm. 3. Making, selling, serving. 4. Location, skill and status.
Pt. II. The nineteenth century, c. 1790-1880. 5. Domesticity, the invention of housework, and domestic service. 6. Rural women - farmhouse and agriculture. 7. Industry, commerce and public service. 8. Continuity and change: gender, skill and status.
Pt. III. The twentieth century, c. 1880-1980. 9. Home and work. 10. Continuities in country and town. 11. New work: white blouses in the tertiary sector. 12. Conclusion: gender, skill and status.
In this text Deborah Simonton takes an overview of trends in women's work across Europe and including Russia, Britain, Germany and France, from the pre-industrial period to the present. Focusing on the role of gender and class as it defines women's labour, and examines: a wide range of occupations such as teaching and farming; contrasting rates of change in different European countries; the definition of work within and outside patriarchal families; local versus Europe-wide developments; and demographic and economic changes.
