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Work, Gender and Family in Victorian England

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  • © 1995

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Authors:
  1. Karl Ittmann

    1. University of Houston, USA

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Part of the book series: Studies in Gender History (SGH)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    • Karl Ittmann
    Pages 1-7

  3. The Worsted Trade and the Development of Bradford

    • Karl Ittmann
    Pages 9-37

  4. Work and Its Discontents

    • Karl Ittmann
    Pages 39-72

  5. Politics in Bradford 1850–1900

    • Karl Ittmann
    Pages 73-100

  6. High and Low Culture in Victorian Bradford

    • Karl Ittmann
    Pages 101-139

  7. Gender and Family Life in Mid-Victorian Bradford

    • Karl Ittmann
    Pages 141-164

  8. From Voluntarism to the Sanitary Gospel: The Family and Social Reform

    • Karl Ittmann
    Pages 165-186

  9. Family Limitation and Family Economy in Bradford 1851–81

    • Karl Ittmann
    Pages 187-236

  10. Conclusion

    • Karl Ittmann
    Pages 237-239

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 241-341
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`What a pleasure to see this pathbreaking research in print! Karl Ittmann's analysis of Bradford pushes forward our knowledge of the quiet revolution in social habits which took place in the late nineteenth century. In particular, his ability to link the decline of marital fertility with the reorganisation of work and gender roles is exemplary. This book should be of interest to all specialists in Victorian social history.' - David Levine, The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Toronto Work, Gender and Family in Victorian England examines the impact of the Industrial Revolution upon the family and questions the extent to which ordinary working men and women shared the 'Victorian values' and prosperity of their middle-class countrymen. The book focuses on the industrial town of Bradford, West Yorkshire, in the second half of the nineteenth century and traces how men and women and their families adapted to the new life brought by the rise of the mill and the city.

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  • University of Houston, USA

    Karl Ittmann

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