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Conversations in cold rooms : women, work, and poverty in nineteenth-century Northumberland / Jane Long. [electronic resource]
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Long, Jane, 1960-
- Series:
- Royal Historical Society studies in history. New series, 0269-2244
- Royal Historical Society studies in history. Conversations in cold rooms
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Poor women--England--Northumberland--History--19th century.
- Poor women.
- Poor women--Employment--England--Northumberland--History--19th century.
- Poor women--Services for--England--Northumberland--History--19th century.
- Charities--England--Northumberland--History--19th century.
- Charities.
- Poor women--History--19th century--England--Northumberland.
- Poor women--Employment--History--19th century--England--Northumberland.
- Poor women--History--Services for--19th century--Northumberland--England.
- Charities--History--19th century--England--Northumberland.
- Humanism.
- Social Welfare.
- Disasters.
- Social Problems.
- Women.
- History, Modern 1601-.
- Socioeconomic Factors.
- Population Characteristics.
- Ethics.
- Sociology.
- Persons.
- Environment.
- History.
- Social Sciences.
- Environment and Public Health.
- Philosophy.
- Humanities.
- Delivery of Health Care.
- Relief Work.
- Poverty.
- Feminism.
- History, 19th Century.
- Women, Working.
- Medical Subjects:
- Humanism.
- Social Welfare.
- Disasters.
- Social Problems.
- Women.
- History, Modern 1601-.
- Socioeconomic Factors.
- Population Characteristics.
- Ethics.
- Sociology.
- Persons.
- Environment.
- History.
- Social Sciences.
- Environment and Public Health.
- Philosophy.
- Humanities.
- Delivery of Health Care.
- Relief Work.
- Charities.
- Poverty.
- Feminism.
- History, 19th Century.
- Women, Working.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 241 p. ) ill. ;
- Place of Publication:
- [London] : Royal Historical Society ; Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY : Boydell Press, 1999.
- Language Note:
- English
- Contents:
- Constructing feminity: women, work and poverty
- Invading bodies: gender and danger in Newcastle
- 'You are forced to do something for a living': women and white-lead work
- 'A fine race of women': Northumbrian bondagers
- Regulating poverty, regulating gender: the administration of poor relief
- Being 're-made' and 'making do': working-class women and philanthropy.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-236) and index.
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- ISBN:
- 0-585-17761-9
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