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Subject(s)

• Linen industry—Ireland—History—18th century [Browse]
• Sexual division of labor—Ireland—History—18th century [Browse]
• Rural industries—Ireland—History—18th century [Browse]
• Industrialization—Ireland—History—18th century [Browse]
• Ireland—Economic conditions [Browse]

Summary note

• "Spinning the Threads of Uneven Development shows how variations in the gender division of labor - within and between households - led to different patterns of local and regional development during protoindustrialization, and to the transition to industrial capitalism, using the Irish linen industry as a substantive case study. Drawing on a wide range of sources, from census records to folk poetry, Jane Gray develops a dynamic model of gender that links the allocation of labor within households to macro-socioeconomic change.
• Expanding on recent literature of the salience on gender in the Irish political economy, Spinning the Threads of Uneven Development is important reading for social and economic historians as well as those interested in the role of gender in economic development and Irish history."--Jacket.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-193) and index.

Action note

Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)

Contents

• Introduction
• Trade, markets, production
• Development
• Local contexts
• The household arena
• Paths to industrial capitalism
• Conclusion.

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ISBN

• 0739109472 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 9780739109472 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2004029941

OCLC

57251075

RCP

H - S

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