The Economic Importance and Technological Complexity of Hand-Spinning and Hand-Weaving
| Autor: | Leigh Minturn |
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| Rok vydání: | 1996 |
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Labour economics
060102 archaeology business.industry 05 social sciences 050109 social psychology 06 humanities and the arts Take over Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Work (electrical) Agriculture Anthropology 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences 0601 history and archaeology Psychology (miscellaneous) Sociology Social science Weaving business Division of labour Simple (philosophy) |
| Zdroj: | Cross-Cultural Research. 30:330-351 |
| ISSN: | 1552-3578 1069-3971 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/106939719603000404 |
| Popis: | In the article "Factors in the Division of Labor by Sex," Murdock says that when simple artifacts are replaced by more complex ones men take over the work. The only example given is the shift from hoe to plow agriculture. With hand-spinning and -weaving, one can document the opposite trend. Both crafts have been done primarily by women from their inception in Neolithic times to the present. Over the centuries, women learned to work with new innovations. In Europe, guilds and men took over weaving. Men rioted against improved looms that made weaving easier and faster. Before mechanization of spinning and weaving in the 19th century, these were the most labor-intensive and time-consuming of all activities. Cloth has been an important trade item in a number of societies from ancient times to the present. Therefore, women spinners and weavers made significant contributions to the labor force and economies of many societies, which have often been unrecognized. |
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