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THE STRUGGLE FOR THE BREECHES

by Anna Clark

Published by University of California Press. 1st. 1995

Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper. Gender And The Making Of The British Working Class. 416 pages.

ISBN: 0520086244
Stock no. 1205883

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Contents

  • List of Illustrations and Tables
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1 Introduction
  • PART ONE WOMEN AND MEN IN PLEBEIAN CULTURE
  • 2 Setting the Stage: Work and Family, 1780-1825
  • 3 Men and Women Together and Apart: Plebeian Culture and Communities
  • 4 Plebeian Sexual Morality, 1780-1820
  • 5 The Struggle for the Breeches: Conflict in Plebeian Marriage
  • PART TWO THE SEARCH FOR SOLUTIONS
  • 6 Sin and Salvation: Men, Women and Faith
  • 7 The Struggle over the Gender Division of Labor, 1780-1826
  • 8 Manhood and Citizenship: Radical Politics, 1767-1816
  • 9 A Wider Vision of Community, 1815-1820
  • PART THREE DOMESTICITY AND THE MAKING OF THE WORKING CLASS, 1820-1850
  • 10 Sexual Radicalism and the Pressure of Politics
  • 11 Equality or Domesticity: The Dilemma for Labor
  • 12 Chartism: Domesticity and Politics
  • 13 Chartism and the Problem of Women Workers
  • 14 A Difficult Ideal: Domesticity in Popular Culture and Practice
  • 15 Conclusion
  • Appendix on 1841 Glasgow Census Sample
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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