Women, Work, and Sexual Politics in Eighteenth-Century England
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| Rating | : | 4.91 (732 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0773512705 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-09-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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She also considers a whole range of women's activities that have been largely ignored by historians, including domestic service, apprenticeship, and many occupations that went unrecorded in censuses. Highlighting the implications of the increasing division of labour according to sex, Hill considers how the changing nature of women's work influenced courtship, marriage, and relations between the sexes. She examines the work done by women in the family economy, including housework, agriculture, and manufacturing. She pays particular attention to the situation of spinsters and widows.. Although housework is acknowledged by social historians to be one of women's responsibilities, Hill is one of the few historians to focus on the household as the most important unit of production in the eighteenth century
Thompson. It is sound history, providing revisions and reassessments without over-emphatic polemics." E.P. It is an excellent teaching text with scores of insights. "This book is both original and comprehensive. "Of unquestionable importance ought to become a recognized social history textbook." Times Literary Supplement.
Ryan L. Wagner said A decent review of English women in the 18th century.. In a subject that has not been breached within the last seventy years, Bridget Hill brings new light to the debate of women's role within England during the 18th century through her Women, Work, and Sexual Politics in Eighteen-Century England. In this synthesis, Hill both confirms and extends Ivy Pinchbeck's Women Workers and the Industrial Revolution, 1750-1850 (19A decent review of English women in the 18th century. In a subject that has not been breached within the last seventy years, Bridget Hill brings new light to the debate of women's role within England during the 18th century through her Women, Work, and Sexual Politics in Eighteen-Century England. In this synthesis, Hill both confirms and extends Ivy Pinchbeck's Women Workers and the Industrial Revolution, 1750-1850 (1930) view of the preindustrial world of England as a golden age of female access to training and productive work destroyed by industrialization and utilizes Pinchbeck's ideas and new scholarly research to bring together women's . 0) view of the preindustrial world of England as a golden age of female access to training and productive work destroyed by industrialization and utilizes Pinchbeck's ideas and new scholarly research to bring together women's . B.L. said Good but not Great. This is Bridget Hill's approach to eighteenth-century history. Her main focus is to expand on the changes in historical ideas that have happened since the groundbreaking writing of Ivy Pinchbeck (around the 19"Good but not Great" according to B.L.. This is Bridget Hill's approach to eighteenth-century history. Her main focus is to expand on the changes in historical ideas that have happened since the groundbreaking writing of Ivy Pinchbeck (around the 1920s I think). Her organization is good but the writing was on the dry side for my taste. Her focus on the changes in laws about common use of land and the "agricultural revolution" as opposed to the "industrial revolution" have a fairly clear Marxist slant. This view is also found in much of the work of her husband, Christopher Hill.. 0s I think). Her organization is good but the writing was on the dry side for my taste. Her focus on the changes in laws about common use of land and the "agricultural revolution" as opposed to the "industrial revolution" have a fairly clear Marxist slant. This view is also found in much of the work of her husband, Christopher Hill.