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The primary intervention of this book is Davidoff and Hall's argument that class in an inherently gendered analytical category. Middle-class men and women of early nineteenth-century England experienced their class position in completely different ways. While men were placed in the position of "provider" and often headed business or held important positions in other industries, women were relegated to the home. However, the "middle class" was never a monolithic or static category. In the lower-middle class, women often assisted with the management of commerce or industry, while upper-middle-class women were far more likely to remain in the private sphere of the home.
Moreover, Davidoff and Hall outline the concept of "family" as an analytical category, which is sometimes taken up, but not nearly as often as it should be.
Moreover, Davidoff and Hall outline the concept of "family" as an analytical category, which is sometimes taken up, but not nearly as often as it should be.
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