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Combines a macro-analytical approach (discussion of historical thesis and models) with a micro-narrative approach (case-studies and life-stories)
Highlights the need for further research on women’s working opportunities
Investigates 'female' occupations from domestic service to prostitution
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Women, Work, Rights and the City
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Front Matter
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Women’s Jobs
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Workshops and Markets
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About this book
Keywords
- Women's work in Early Modern European Cities
- Feminist economics
- Women in history
- Women in business
- Gender of work
- Women's rights in the early modern period
- Silk industry
- Economics of prostitution
- Querelle des femmes
- Industrialisation
- Women and globalisation
- Female guilds
- Female occupations
- Proto-industry
- Urban economics
- feminist anthropology
Authors and Affiliations
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University of Rouen, Rouen, France
Anna Bellavitis
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Women’s Work and Rights in Early Modern Urban Europe
Authors: Anna Bellavitis
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96541-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-96540-6Published: 09 November 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-07210-0Published: 13 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-96541-3Published: 09 October 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 266
Topics: Economic History, Feminist Anthropology, Labor Economics, Industrial Organization, European Economics