LEADER 02978oam 2200709I 450 001 9910811649103321 005 20240131150854.0 010 $a1-136-27502-9 010 $a0-203-11052-8 010 $a1-299-48075-6 010 $a1-136-27503-7 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203110522 035 $a(CKB)2550000001020261 035 $a(EBL)1172925 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000904467 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11566221 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000904467 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10922805 035 $a(PQKB)11311267 035 $a(OCoLC)841521417 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1172925 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1172925 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10690136 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL479325 035 $a(OCoLC)843639832 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB133751 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001020261 100 $a20180706d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aFemale agency in the urban economy $egender in European towns, 1640-1830 /$fedited by Deborah Simonton and Anne Montenach 210 1$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (549 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge research in gender and history ;$v17 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-138-95246-X 311 $a0-415-53729-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $apt. 1. Claiming spaces : markets and brokerage -- pt. 2. Negotiating the urban economy : constraints and opportunities -- pt. 3. Exploring relationships : kinship and community. 330 $aThis innovative new book is overtly and explicitly about female agency in eighteenth-century European towns. However, it positions female activity and decisions unequivocally in an urban world of institutions, laws, regulations, customs and ideologies. Gender politics complicated and shaped the day-to-day experiences of working women. Town rules and customs, as well as police and guilds' regulations, affected women's participation in the urban economy: most of the time, the formally recognized and legally accepted power of women - which is an essential component of female agency - was very 410 0$aRoutledge research in gender and history ;$v17. 606 $aWomen$zEurope$xEconomic conditions 606 $aWomen$zEurope$xSocial conditions 606 $aCities and towns$zEurope$xHistory 606 $aSex role$zEurope$xHistory 615 0$aWomen$xEconomic conditions. 615 0$aWomen$xSocial conditions. 615 0$aCities and towns$xHistory. 615 0$aSex role$xHistory. 676 $a305.42094 701 $aMontenach$b Anne$0888089 701 $aSimonton$b Deborah$f1948-$0888090 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910811649103321 996 $aFemale agency in the urban economy$93943778 997 $aUNINA