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Glossary. Section 1, Introduction and theoretical framework: Mary Davis, Introduction; Mary Davis, The Making of the English Working Class re- visited: Labour History and Marxist Theory. Section 2, Women & Work: Sian Moore, Gender & Class Consciousness in Industrialisation- the Bradford Woollen Industry; Katrina Honeyman, Sweat and sweating- Women Workers and Trade Unions in the Leeds Clothing Trade 1880-1980; Sheila Blackburn, 'The Inspector Can Check a Workroom is Insanitary by Means of His Own Eyes and Nose'- Re-Thinking the Sweatshop in Victorian and Edwardian Britain; Linda Clarke & Christine Wall, Skilled versus Qualified Labour; Skilled Versus Qualified Labour- the Exclusion of Women from the Construction Industry; Caroline Bressey, Black women and Work in England 1880 - 1920; Louise Raw, Striking a Light- Bryant & May Revisited; Catherine Hunt, The Fragility of the Union- the work of the National Federation of Women Workers in the Regions of Britain 1906-1914; Section 3, Women and Politics: Sheila Rowbotham, Alice Wheeldon Revisited; Annemarie Hughes, Socialist Women in the Inter-War Years.

Class and Gender in British Labour History

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      Publisher The Merlin Press Ltd
      Published 3/16/2011 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780850366686
      978-0850366686
      ISBN-10 0850366682
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      Political activism / Political engagement Sociology: work and labour

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      Table of Contents
      Glossary. Section 1, Introduction and theoretical framework: Mary Davis, Introduction; Mary Davis, The Making of the English Working Class re- visited: Labour History and Marxist Theory. Section 2, Women & Work: Sian Moore, Gender & Class Consciousness in Industrialisation- the Bradford Woollen Industry; Katrina Honeyman, Sweat and sweating- Women Workers and Trade Unions in the Leeds Clothing Trade 1880-1980; Sheila Blackburn, 'The Inspector Can Check a Workroom is Insanitary by Means of His Own Eyes and Nose'- Re-Thinking the Sweatshop in Victorian and Edwardian Britain; Linda Clarke & Christine Wall, Skilled versus Qualified Labour; Skilled Versus Qualified Labour- the Exclusion of Women from the Construction Industry; Caroline Bressey, Black women and Work in England 1880 - 1920; Louise Raw, Striking a Light- Bryant & May Revisited; Catherine Hunt, The Fragility of the Union- the work of the National Federation of Women Workers in the Regions of Britain 1906-1914; Section 3, Women and Politics: Sheila Rowbotham, Alice Wheeldon Revisited; Annemarie Hughes, Socialist Women in the Inter-War Years.

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