Women Workers in the Industrial Revolution [Paperback]

Preface to the Reprinted Edition, Ivy Pinchbeck; Preface to the First Edition, Ivy Pinchbeck; Introduction, Ivy Pinchbeck; Part 1 The Employment of Women in Agriculture, Ivy Pinchbeck; Chapter I Women in Agriculture in the Eighteenth Century, Ivy Pinchbeck; Chapter II The Agrarian Revolution, Ivy Pinchbeck; Chapter III The Appearance of Women Day-Labourers, Ivy Pinchbeck; Chapter IV Agricultural Depression and the Poor Law, Ivy Pinchbeck; Chapter 1 Rural Conditions in the Mid-Nineteenth Century, Ivy Pinchbeck; Part 2 Women in Industry and Trade, Ivy Pinchbeck; Chapter VI Textile IndustriesThe Domestic System, Ivy Pinchbeck; Chapter VII Textile IndustriesThe Spinners, Ivy Pinchbeck; Chapter VIII Textile Industries: The Handloom Weavers, Ivy Pinchbeck; Chapter IX Textile Industries: Factory Workers, Ivy Pinchbeck; Chapter X The Smaller Domestic Industries, Ivy Pinchbeck; Chapter XI Womens Work in Mines and Metal Trades, Ivy Pinchbeck; Chapter XII Craftswomen and Business Women, Ivy Pinchbeck; Chapter 102 Conclusion, Ivy Pinchbeck Appendix Occupations of women in 1841., Ivy Pinchbeck;First Published in 2004. It is often assumed that the woman worker was produced by the Industrial Revolution, and that since that time women have taken an increasing share in the world's work. This theory is, however, quite unsupported by facts. In every industrial system in the past women have been engaged in productive work and their contribution has been recognised as an indispensable factor. This volume is devoted to women's employment inagriculture and the agrarian revolution.US? 1969 Ivy Pinchbeck