Women constituted in the textile centers like Frýdek or Místek an important part of the workforce, because they at the same time worked in the textile manufactures and factories and in the domestic service. The percentage of economically active women was in the second half of the nineteeth century, according to the current knowledge, almost 40 % of the whole female population in both towns. On the basis of the statistical data of Austrian provenance, as well as the excerpts from Austrian censuse, it is possible to ascertain the percentage of women employed in various economic sectors and types of professions and compare these percentages in time, that is, follow up with the impact of industrialization on the transformations of economic activities of women. and Radek Lipovski.
Recenzovaná kniha vypráví příběh amerického města Gary, které bylo založeno počátkem dvacátého století poblíž Chicaga jako tehdy supermoderní a příkladné průmyslové centrum koncernu US Steel. Podle recenzenta se autor metodologicky inspiroval řadou urbánních kulturalistických studií a prezentuje na jednom výrazném případě proces americké industrializace s jejím prudkým vzestupem, slávou a úpadkem, sociálními konflikty a environmentálními problémy. Snaží se přitom zachytit také proměňující se vnímání města ve veřejném mínění, u jeho vlastních obyvatel a v konstrukcích poválečných narativů industrializace., The book under review tells the story of Gary, Indiana, a town that was founded near Chicago, in the early twentieth century, as the exemplary ultra-modern industrial centre of US Steel. According to the reviewer, the author’s method is influenced by a number of works on urban culture, and presents the process of American industrialization with its rapid rise, fame, and fall, social conflicts, and environmental problems, using this one striking example, Gary. The author has also sought to identify the changing perceptions of the town in public opinion, amongst its own inhabitants, and in the constructions of post-war narratives of industrialization., and [autor recenze] Dalibor Vácha.