Women, Work and Family

Women, Work and Family is a classic of women's history and is still the only text on the history of women's work in England and France, providing an excellent introduction to the changing status of women from 1750 to the present.

Introduction to the New Edition Part I. The Family Economy in Pre-Industrial England and France 1. Economy and Demography 2. Single Women in the Family Economy 3. Married Women in the Family Economy Part II. Industrialization and the Family Wage Economy 4. Industrialization 5. Demographic Change 6. Women in the Family Wage Economy Part III. Toward the Family Consumer Economy 7. Occupational and Demographic Change 8. Women in the Family Consumer Economy 9. Changes in Women's Work Since World War II, Conclusion