Showing papers by "Jane Humphries published in 1987"
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that the need to control sexuality in order to secure demographic order is an important factor in women's work, and they test their argument by correlating regional variation in illegitimacy, as a measure of failed social control, with variation in sex segregation.
Abstract: Most explanations of trends in women's work emphasize women's role in childbearing, along with technological and organizational changes in production. The explanations neglect an important factor: the need to control sexuality in order to secure demographic order. Segregated employment enabled almost all family members to work, while discouraging heterosexual intimacy. Nineteenth-century attitudes illustrate the anxiety felt when unrelated men and women worked together. The argument is tested by correlating regional variation in illegitimacy, as a measure of failed social control, with variation in sex segregation.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors revisited the housing boom of the early 1970s, focusing on the Inter-War House Building, Cheap Money and Building Societies: The Housing Boom Revisited.
Abstract: (1987). Inter-War House Building, Cheap Money and Building Societies: The Housing Boom Revisited. Business History: Vol. 29, No. 3, pp. 325-345.
23 citations