Women, work, and sexual politics in eighteenth-century England /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
Bridget Hill.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York, NY, USA :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
B. Blackwell,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1989.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
viii, 275 pages ;
Dimensions
24 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Introduction : Pinchbeck and after -- The social context -- Women's work in the family economy -- The undermining of the family economy -- Female servants in husbandry -- Female apprenticeship -- Housework -- Domestic service -- Ignored, unrecorded, and invisible : some occupations of women -- The economics of courtship and marriage -- Clarity and obscurity in the law relating to wives, property, and marriage -- Spinsters and spinsterhood -- Widows.