TY - BOOK
T1 - A History of European Women's Work
T2 - 1700 to the Present
AU - Simonton, Deborah Leigh
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - The paid and unpaid work of women in Europe has been and is hugely diverse--from schools to offices, from factories to domestic service, dairies to hospitals and much more. The work patterns have fluctuated in relation to ideological, technological, demographic, econmic and familial changes. In A History of European Women's Work, Deborah Simonton draws together recent research, lively personal accounts and statistical evidence to take an overview of trends in women's work from the preindustrial period to the present. She discusses the definitions of work within and outwith patriarchal families, the status of work and the skills involved. It examines local as a=well as European wide developments, connecting countries and experiences, and reflecting the dynamics of age, class and gender.
AB - The paid and unpaid work of women in Europe has been and is hugely diverse--from schools to offices, from factories to domestic service, dairies to hospitals and much more. The work patterns have fluctuated in relation to ideological, technological, demographic, econmic and familial changes. In A History of European Women's Work, Deborah Simonton draws together recent research, lively personal accounts and statistical evidence to take an overview of trends in women's work from the preindustrial period to the present. She discusses the definitions of work within and outwith patriarchal families, the status of work and the skills involved. It examines local as a=well as European wide developments, connecting countries and experiences, and reflecting the dynamics of age, class and gender.
M3 - Monograph
SN - 0415055326
BT - A History of European Women's Work
PB - Spon press
CY - London and New York
ER -