Stearns, P. N. National character and European labor history.--Montgomery, D. The shuttle and the cross.--Sewell, W. H., Jr. The working class of Marseille under the Second Republic.--Tilly, C. The changing place of collective violence.--Hobsbawm, E. J. The labor aristocracy of...

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...

"This remarkable book looks at hundreds of autobiographies penned between 1760 and 1900 to offer an intimate firsthand account of how the Industrial Revolution was experienced by the working class. The Industrial Revolution brought not simply misery and poverty. On the contrary, Griffin shows...