Integrating Analytical Tools

From feminist theory, cultural studies, and sociology to illuminate detailed historical evidence, Sonya Rose argues that gender was a central organizing principle of the nineteenth-century industrial transformation in England.

Elaborating a Cultural Theory of Gender

She suggests why gender is an inherent aspect of all social and economic relations.

Analyzing Strategies and Policies

By analyzing employer strategies, state policies, and the role of work in family life, she demonstrates that neither industrial transformation nor class relations can be understood when reduced to gender-neutral and abstract forces.