Book ID: CBB390078146

Bread Winner: An Intimate History of the Victorian Economy (2020)

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Griffin, Emma (Author)


Yale University Press


Publication Date: 2020
Physical Details: 403
Language: English

The overlooked story of how ordinary women and their husbands managed financially in the Victorian era – and why so many struggled despite increasing national prosperityNineteenth 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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Authors & Contributors
Anna P. H. Geurts
Caslin, Samantha
Wale, Matthew
Shepherd, Jade
Woods, Rebecca J. H.
Tange, Andrea Kaston
Concepts
Social class
Medicine
Professions and professionalization
Public health
Working class
Households
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
18th century
Places
Great Britain
Liverpool (England)
England
Canada
Ireland
Institutions
Broadmoor Hospital
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