The Rise of the Male Breadwinner Family
A Reappraisal
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2108073 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Colin Creighton (University of Hull, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 310-337 |
| Publication date | 1996-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Comparative Studies in Society and History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0010-4175 • E-ISSN: 1475-2999 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0010417500020296 |
| OpenAlex | W2109270382 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 45 |
| References cited | 59 |
During the last two decades there has been intense debate over the causes of the domestic subordination of women within industrial-capitalist societies. A significant part of this discussion has involved attempts to understand the emergence of a form of family organisation in which the husband was expected to be the main, preferably the sole, bread-winner and his wife was to assume responsibility for running the household, preferably on a full-time basis. Established first among the middle classes, this pattern spread widely throughout the working class with increasing momentum from the middle decades of the nineteenth century. Although the outlines of this development, and the accompanying payment of a family wage to men, are now well-established, the factors responsible for its origins and expansion are still a matter of controversy. In this article I shall review some major explanations of the rise of this 'male breadwinner' family and seek to identify a number of weaknesses in the debate as a whole
Demographic economics · Economics · Middle class · Political science · Sociology · Subordination (linguistics) · Wage · Wife · Working class · Gender Studies · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Law
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| Unique citing works | 45 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 1996 - 2024 (29) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 34 |