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This is a unique account of working-class childhood during the British industrial revolution, first published in 2010. Using more than 600 autobiographies written by working men of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries Jane Humphries illuminates working-class childhood in contexts untouched by conventional sources and facilitates estimates of age at starting work, social mobility, the extent of apprenticeship and the duration of schooling. The classic era of industrialisation, 1790-1850, apparently saw an upsurge in child labour. While the memoirs implicate mechanisation and the division of labour in this increase, they also show that fatherlessness and large subsets, common in these turbulent, high-mortality and high-fertility times, often cast children as partners and supports for mothers struggling to hold families together. The book offers unprecedented insights into child labour, family life, careers and schooling. Its images of suffering, stoicism and occasional childish pleasures put the humanity back into economic history and the trauma back into the industrial revolution.

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YOUGOSLAVIE --- FEMMES --- AUTOGESTION --- CREATION EMPLOIS --- STATISTIQUE --- YOUGOSLAVIE --- FEMMES --- AUTOGESTION --- CREATION EMPLOIS --- STATISTIQUE

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Sociology of the family. Sociology of sexuality --- Third World: economic development problems --- Sen, Amartya --- Developing countries --- Economic schools --- Economics --- Feminist economics --- Sex role --- Developing countries: economic development problems --- Feminism --- Gender --- Book --- Economy --- Economic theory

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In today's society, women - having entered the workplace in growing numbers worldwide - are increasingly expected to earn wages whilst still being primarily responsible for raising children. While all parents confront the tensions of this double burden, for lone mothers, the situation can be especially acute as there is no other adult to share responsibilities and no access to a male wage. The essays in this volume address a range of the dilemmas lone mothers routinely face, whilst also distinguishing important situational differences, and considering other social perspectives. It asks: How can governments help without undermining their ability to enter the workforce? Should the state indefinitely support lone mothers? How should we measure the success of a policy? What roles do ethnicity, race, religion, class and sexual orientation play?

396.5 --- 316.356.2*6 --- 316.356.2*14 --- 330.163 --- 330.163 Economische behoeften. Bestaansminimum. Welvaartbehoeften. Basisbehoeften. Economische prioriteiten. Mimimex --- Economische behoeften. Bestaansminimum. Welvaartbehoeften. Basisbehoeften. Economische prioriteiten. Mimimex --- 316.356.2*14 Gezinssociologie: andere gezinsvormen --- Gezinssociologie: andere gezinsvormen --- 316.356.2*6 Buitenhuiswerkende vrouw en gezin --- Buitenhuiswerkende vrouw en gezin --- 396.5 Vrouwenarbeid. Vrouwentewerkstelling. Werkende vrouwen --- Vrouwenarbeid. Vrouwentewerkstelling. Werkende vrouwen --- Social problems --- Sociology of the family. Sociology of sexuality --- Sociology of work --- Sociology of social welfare --- Social policy --- Income --- Social security law --- Great Britain --- Germany --- Russia --- Norway --- Sri Lanka --- United States --- United States of America --- Feminist criticism --- Family --- Single mothers --- Household work --- Lesbian motherhood --- Labour market --- Government policy --- Sexual division of labour --- Poverty --- Social security --- Widows --- Labour participation --- Book

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