ABSTRACT
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |5 pages
Introduction
part I|104 pages
The Employment of Women in Agriculture
chapter Chapter I|20 pages
Women in Agriculture in the Eighteenth Century
chapter Chapter II|26 pages
The Agrarian Revolution
chapter Chapter III|14 pages
The Appearance of Women Day-Labourers
chapter Chapter IV|17 pages
Agricultural Depression and the Poor Law
chapter Chapter V|27 pages
Rural Conditions in the Mid-Nineteenth Century
part II|206 pages
Women in Industry and Trade