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Patriarchy stabilized: The construction of the male breadwinner wage norm in nineteenth‐century Britain∗

Wally Seccombe
- 01 Jan 1986 - 
- Vol. 11, Iss: 1, pp 53-76
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In this article, the construction of the male breadwinner wage norm in nineteenth-century Britain is discussed, and the authors present an analysis of the role of women in this process.
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(1986). Patriarchy stabilized: The construction of the male breadwinner wage norm in nineteenth‐century Britain. Social History: Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 53-76.

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The Industrial Revolution and the Industrious Revolution

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The big picture: masculinities in recent world history

TL;DR: In this article, the authors address the question of how we should study men in gender-relations, and what view of modern world history an understanding of masculinity might give us, and suggest a framework in which the intellectual work can be better done.
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The industrious revolution: consumer behavior and the household economy, 1650 to the present

TL;DR: A second Industrious Revolution? Appendix I.1. The transformation of consumer desire in the long eighteenth century 2. The origins of the Industrious revolution 3. The Industrial Revolution: the supply of labor 4. The industrial revolution: consumer demand 5. The breadwinner-homemaker household 6.
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The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State

TL;DR: The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State (1884) was a provocative and profoundly influential critique of the Victorian nuclear family as mentioned in this paper, and Engels argued that the traditional monogamous household was in fact a recent construct, closely bound up with capitalist societies.
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The Condition of the Working Class in England

TL;DR: It is unpardonable to sacrifice to the greed of an unfeeling bourgeoisie the time of children which should be devoted solely to their physical and mental development, and to withdraw them from school and the fresh air in order to wear them out for the benefit of the manufacturers.
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The Unhappy Marriage of Marxism and Feminism: Towards a More Progressive Union

Heidi Hartmann
- 01 Jun 1979 - 
TL;DR: The Marriage of Marxism and Feminism has been like the marriage of husband and wife depicted in English common law: marxism and feminism are one, and that one is MARXism.