Gender, work, and the transition to modernity in northwestern Europe, 1720-1880

• Titel: Gender, work, and the transition to modernity in northwestern Europe, 1720-1880
• Mitwirkende: Ågren, Maria [HerausgeberIn]
• Verf.angabe: edited by Maria Ågren
• Verlagsort: Oxford
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• E-Jahr: 2025
• Jahr: [2025]
• Umfang: 1 online resource
• Illustrationen: illustrations.
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Oxford scholarship online
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on November 26, 2024)
• ISBN: 978-0-19-893432-5
• DOI: doi:10.1093/9780198934325.001.0001
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Druck-Ausgabe
• Sach-SW: Society
• Sach-SW: Society & culture: general
• K10plus-PPN: 1919525335
• K10plus-PPN:
  Universitätsbibliothek
• Lokale URL UB: Zum Volltext

Abstract

It is well-known that gender distinctions structure the modern labour market, but why is this so and how far back in time does the pattern extend? This book uses a unique method to map and explain how gender rather than marital status came to be important.