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01864aam a2200313Ii 4500 001 5FAF95DEBC2911EAAC3CDF0297128E48 003 SILO 005 20200702010020 008 191006s2020 ctua b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 0300230060 020 $a 9780300230062 035 $a (OCoLC)1121604952 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d UKMGB $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d ERASA $d YDXIT $d SILO 043 $a e-uk--- 050 4 $a HD8390 G75 2020 100 1 $a Griffin, Emma $e author. 245 10 $a Bread winner : $b an intimate history of the Victorian economy / $c Emma Griffin. 264 1 $a New Haven : $b Yale University Press, $c [2020] 300 $a xi, 389 pages : $b illustrations (black and white) ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 8 $a 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.0Emma 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. 650 0 $a Working class families $z Great Britain $x History $y 19th century. 651 0 $a Great Britain $x Social conditions $y 19th century. 651 0 $a Great Britain $x Economic conditions $y 19th century. 648 7 $a 1800-1899 $2 fast 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20220602020358.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=5FAF95DEBC2911EAAC3CDF0297128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search