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Bread Winner
Emma Griffin
其他書名
An Intimate History of the Victorian Economy
出版
Yale University Press
, 2020-04-14
主題
History / Europe / Great Britain / General
History / Modern / 19th Century
Social Science / Gender Studies
Business & Economics / Economic History
ISBN
0300252099
9780300252095
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=lVHaDwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
The overlooked
story
of how
ordinary women and their husbands
managed financially in the Victorian era – and
why so many struggled
despite increasing national prosperity
Nineteenth century Britain saw remarkable economic growth and a rise in real wages. But not everyone shared in the nation’s wealth. Unable to earn a sufficient income themselves, working-class women were reliant on the ‘breadwinner wage’ of their husbands. When income failed, or was denied or squandered by errant men, families could be plunged into desperate poverty from which there was no escape.Emma Griffin unlocks the homes of Victorian England to examine the lives – and finances – of the people who lived there. Drawing on over 600 working-class autobiographies, including more than 200 written by women,
Bread Winner
changes our understanding of daily life in Victorian Britain.