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Bread winner : an intimate history of the Victorian economy
Author
Title
Bread winner : an intimate history of the Victorian economy / Emma Griffin.
ISBN
0300230060
9780300230062
9780300252095
Publication
New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2020]
Copyright Notice Date
©2020
Physical Description
xi, 389 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Summary
Nineteenth century Britain saw remarkable economic growth and a rise in real wages. But not everyone shared in the nation's wealth. Unable to earn a sufficient income themselves, working-class women were reliant on the 'breadwinner wage' of their husbands. When income failed, or was denied or squandered by errant men, families could be plunged into desperate poverty from which there was no escape. Emma Griffin unlocks the homes of Victorian England to examine the lives - and finances - of the people who lived there. Drawing on over 600 working-class autobiographies, including more than 200 written by women, Bread Winner changes our understanding of daily life in Victorian Britain.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 04, 2021
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-382) and index.
Contents
Introduction. 'The great enigma of our times'
Part one. Work. 1. 'I worked alright, but I never got paid for my labour': women and work ; 2. 'A man's work was a man's life': men at work ; 3. 'Real drudgery': house work
Part two. Money. 4. 'The meal-ticket': fathers and breadwinning ; 5. 'Father disappeared and left mother to brave the storm': family breakdown ; 6. 'Toil in the factory, toil in the home': working mothers
Part three. Life. 7. 'Got a loaf, Dad?': food ; 8. 'We weren't happy, but we were a family': emotions ; 9. 'I learned to speak': making citizens
Conclusion.
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
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