A History of European Women's Work: 1700 to the Present

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
List of illustrations......Page 11
Acknowledgements......Page 12
Introduction......Page 14
The eighteenth century, c. 1700  90......Page 24
Women, household and farm......Page 26
Making, selling, serving......Page 50
Location, skill and status......Page 83
The nineteenth century, c. 1790  1880......Page 98
Domesticity, the invention of housework, and domestic service......Page 100
Rural women;farmhouse and agriculture......Page 125
Industry, commerce and public service......Page 146
Continuity and change: gender, skill and status......Page 175
The twentieth century, c. 1880  1980......Page 192
Home and work......Page 194
Continuities in country and town......Page 220
New work: white blouses in the tertiary sector......Page 246
Conclusion: gender, skill and status......Page 274
Notes......Page 284
Bibliography......Page 307
Index......Page 339