Before their time : employment and family formation in a northern textile town, Keighley, 1851-81
This thesis studies the phenomenon of low fertility amongst mid to late- nineteenth century textile workers by examining fertility behaviour in the context of one contemporary textile town; the worsted centre of Keighley, in Yorkshire's West Riding. The high level of women's work, both bef...
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University of Sheffield
1988
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