Women at work in preindustrial France
著者
書誌事項
Women at work in preindustrial France
Pennsylvania State University press, c2007
- : cloth
大学図書館所蔵 件 / 全1件
-
該当する所蔵館はありません
- すべての絞り込み条件を解除する
注記
Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-308) and index
HTTP:URL=http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip073/2006034214.html Information=Table of contents only
内容説明・目次
内容説明
The subject of women as skilled workers in the eighteenth century is central to our understanding of the history of work and technology in the preindustrial age. While recent scholarship has dispelled the notion that women did not enter the workforce until the Industrial Revolution, debate continues as to the extent to which women actually participated in skilled work in the preceding decades. This book draws upon substantial archival research in Rouen, Lyon, and Paris to show that while the vast majority of working women in eighteenth-century France labored at unskilled, low-paying jobs, it was not at all unusual for women to be actively engaged in economic activities as workers, managers, and merchants. Some even developed vertically integrated wholesale and retail businesses, while others became indispensable to manufacturers through their technical skill. In fact, Hafter documents how certain women guild masters were able to exploit the legal system to achieve considerable economic independence, power, wealth, and legal parity with male masters. She also shows how gender politics complicated the day-to-day experience of these working women.
目次
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Political Economy of Guilds
2. The Uses of Gender in Economic Life
3. Guildwomen and Ouvrieres
4. Turgot's Reforms and Their Aftermath
5. Paths to the Revolution
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
「Nielsen BookData」 より