Women's Work and Rights in Early Modern Urban Europe. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Anna Bellavitis.
• Authors: Bellavitis, Anna
• Contents: Part I: Women, Work, Rights and the City.Chapter 1: Women have Always Worked.Chapter 2: The Gender of Work.Chapter 3: Working Daughters, Wives, Mothers, Sisters, Widows.Chapter 4: The 'Decline Thesis' and the Guilds: An 'Accordion Movement'?.Chapter 5: From Globalisation to Industrialisation.Chapter 6: Agency and Capabilities: North vs South?.Chapter 7: The Right to Learn, the Right to Teach: Intellectual and Artistic Work as a Profession.Part II: Women's Jobs.Chapter 8: Servants and Slaves.Chapter 9: Caring and Feeding.Chapter 10: Midwives.Chapter 11: Bodies as Resources.Part III: Workshops and Markets.Chapter 12: Learning at Home and on the Shop Floor.Chapter 13: Women, Families and Guilds: the French Exception.Chapter 14: Silk and Skill.Chapter 15: Printed Tracks.Chapter 16: In the Marketplace.Chapter 17: International Traders.Part IV: Conclusions.Chapter 18: Conclusions and Suggestions for Further Research.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (266 pages)
• Subjects: Economics; Social Science -- Anthropology -- General; Business & Economics -- Labor; Business & Economics -- Industrial Management; Business & Economics -- Economics -- General; Anthropology; Labour economics; Economics of industrial organisation; Economics; Management science; Economic history; Feminist anthropology; Labor economics; Industrial organization; Europe—Economic conditions; Business & Economics -- Economic History; Economic history
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319965413
• Related ISBNs: 9783319965406
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.