Description
Book SynopsisLinking the personal and the political, this book depicts the making of the working class in Britain as a 'struggle for the breeches.' Focusing on Lancashire, Glasgow, and London, it contrasts the experience of artisans and textile workers, demonstrating how each created distinctively gendered communities and political strategies.
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations and Tables
Acknowledgments
1 Introduction
PART ONE WOMEN AND MEN IN PLEBEIAN CULTURE
2 Setting the Stage: Work and Family,
1780-1825
3 Men and Women Together and Apart:
Plebeian Culture and Communities
4 Plebeian Sexual Morality, 1780-1820
5 The Struggle for the Breeches: Conflict in
Plebeian Marriage
PART TWO THE SEARCH FOR SOLUTIONS
6 Sin and Salvation: Men, Women, and Faith
7 The Struggle over the Gender Division of
Labor, 1780-1826
8 Manhood and Citizenship: Radical Politics,
1767-1816
9 A Wider Vision of Community, 1815-1820
PART THREE DOMESTICITY AND THE MAKING OF
THE WORKING CLASS, 1820-1850
10 Sexual Radicalism and the Pressure of Politics
11 Equality or Domesticity: the Dilemma
for Labor
12 Chartism: Domesticity and Politics
13 Chartism and the Problem of Women Workers
14 A Difficult Ideal: Domesticity in Popular
Culture and Practice
15 Conclusion
Appendix on 1841 Glasgow Census Sample
Notes
Bibliography
Index
