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Bread Winner: An Intimate History of the Victorian Economy - Hardcover

Griffin, Emma

 
9780300230062: Bread Winner: An Intimate History of the Victorian Economy
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0300230060 ISBN 13: 9780300230062
Verlag: YALE UNIV PR, 2020

Inhaltsangabe

The forgotten story of how ordinary families managed financially in the Victorian era&;and struggled to survive despite increasing national prosperity

&;A powerful story of social realities, pressures, and the fracturing of traditional structures.&;&;Ruth Goodman, Wall Street Journal
 
&;Deeply researched and sensitive.&;&;Simon Heffer, Daily Telegraph, "Best History Books of 2020"

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.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Emma Griffin is professor of modern British history at the University of East Anglia. She is the author of five books, including Liberty's Dawn and Blood Sport.

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Verlag
YALE UNIV PR
Erscheinungsdatum
2020
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0300230060
ISBN 13 
9780300230062
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
320
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