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By the Sweat of Their Brow

- Women workers at Victorian Coal Mines

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The pit brow lasses who sorted coal and performed a variety of jobs above ground at British coal mines prompted a violent debate about women's work in the nineteenth century. This book discusses the implications of this debate, showing how it encapsulates many of the ambivalences of late Victorian attitudes towards working-class female employment.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780415380096
  • Indbinding:
  • Hardback
  • Sideantal:
  • 264
  • Udgivet:
  • 3. november 2005
  • Størrelse:
  • 163x244x28 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 556 g.
  • 2-4 uger.
  • 19. december 2024
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The pit brow lasses who sorted coal and performed a variety of jobs above ground at British coal mines prompted a violent debate about women's work in the nineteenth century. This book discusses the implications of this debate, showing how it encapsulates many of the ambivalences of late Victorian attitudes towards working-class female employment.

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