Introduction -- Women's occupations -- Women's wages -- Explaining occupational sorting -- Testing for occupational barriers in agriculture -- Barriers to women's employment -- Occupational barriers in self-employment -- Women's labour force participation -- Conclusion -- Appendix to chapter...

"The distribution of food played a considerable yet largely unrecognized role in the economic history of Victorian and Edwardian Britain. In the midst of rapid urbanization and industrialization, retail competition intensified and the channels by which food made it to the market became vital to...