1. 'Discovering' the dangers of women's work, 1830-1880s -- 2. Nails, chains and reproduction -- 3. Dangerous trades regulations and the white lead trade -- 4. Dangerous trades regulations and the pottery trade -- 5. Narratives of bodily danger: the new journalistic press -- 6. Medical men, sexual science and dangerous trades regulations -- 7. Feminists, dangerous trades and the state
Notes
"A Royal Historical Society publication"--T.p. verso
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-163) and index