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Husbandry to housewifery : women, economic change, and housework in Ireland, 1890-1914 /

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A study of the lives of Irish women between 1890 and 1914, this book traces the shift of their labour out of the fields and into the home, showing how their position within the employment market deteriorated. It demonstrates that Irish women welcomed this altered role, preferring housework.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bourke, Joanna
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford [England] : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1993.
Subjects:
Börngen
Women > Ireland > History.
Housewives > Ireland > History.
Women > Employment > Ireland > History.
Ireland > Social conditions.
Femmes > Irlande > Histoire.
Femmes au foyer > Irlande > Histoire.
Irlande > Conditions sociales.
Housewives.
Social conditions
Women.
Women > Employment.
Ireland.
Berufstätigkeit
Hausarbeit
Irland
Frau
Vrouwenarbeid.
Landarbeiders.
Geschichte 1890-1914.
Society > Role of > Women
Ireland
Electronic books.
History.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:A study of the lives of Irish women between 1890 and 1914, this book traces the shift of their labour out of the fields and into the home, showing how their position within the employment market deteriorated. It demonstrates that Irish women welcomed this altered role, preferring housework.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 342 pages)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-332) and index.
ISBN:9780191676024
0191676020