Barmaids : a history of women's work in pubs / Diane Kirkby

Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997
 
Introduction
1

Pt. I
The Nineteenth Century
17

 
1
'No Place for a woman'? Pubkeeping in Colonial Times
19

 
2
'The Photographer and the Barmaid': Narrating Women's Work
43

 
3
'The Problem of the Barmaids': Urbanisation and Legislative Reform
67

 
4
'Wanted, a Beautiful Barmaid': Temperance and the Language of Desire
92

Pt. II
The Twentieth Century
107

 
5
'White Slaves Behind the Bar': Women Citizens, the WCTU and the Laws 
against Barmaids
109

 
6
'When Men Wore Hats': Gender, Unions and Equal Pay
135

 
7
'Beer, Glorious Beer': Pub Culture and the Six o'clock Swill
159

 
8
'In Praise of Splendid Gels': Sex, Skill and Drinking Culture
183

 
Notes
214

 
Index
231

xii, 244 p. : ill.

ISBN
0521560381 (hbk. : alk. paper)

0521568684 (pbk. : alk. paper)