Arial
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)