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)