Women and Work Culture: Britain c.1850-1950

This volume brings together an interdisciplinary collection of essays on the cultural practices and identities associated with women's work in modern Britain. The volume is divided into five thematic sections: the meaning of work, factory labour, youth, medicine and science, and women and war. The essays examine a wide-range of primary sources including literary fiction, popular magazines, social commentaries, oral testimony and autobiographical writing.

• | Author: Louise A. Jackson
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Jul 28, 2005
• | Number of Pages: 264 pages
• | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
• | ISBN-10: 0754650502
• | ISBN-13: 9780754650508