Love and Toil Motherhood in Outcast London, 1870-1918

Name: Love and Toil Motherhood in Outcast London, 1870-1918
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ISBN: 9780195083217

ISBN-10: 0195083210

ISBN-13: 9780195083217

Edition: 1993

Authors: Ellen Ross

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The feisty warm-hearted "mum" has long figured as a symbol of the working class in Britain, yet working-class history has emphasized male organizations such as clubs, unions, or political parties. Investigating a different dimension of social history, Love and Toil focuses on motherhood among the London poor in the late Victorian and Edwardian years, and on the cultures, communities, and ties with husbands and children that women created. Mothers' skills in managing the family budget, earning income, and caring for their children were critical in protecting households from the worst hardships of industrial capitalism, yet poverty or the threat of it molded intimate relationships and left…

Book details

List price: $75.00
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/25/1993
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 9.17" wide x 6.06" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 1.254
Language: English

Ellen Ross is Professor of History and Women's Studies at Ramapo College of New Jersey. She is the author of Love and Toil: Motherhood in Outcast London (1993) and many articles on London and women's history.