Female agency in the urban economy : gender in European towns, 1640-1830 / / edited by Deborah Simonton and Anne Montenach

• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (549 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.42094
• Soggetto topico: Women - Europe - Economic conditions; Women - Europe - Social conditions; Cities and towns - Europe - History; Sex role - Europe - History
• Altri autori: MontenachAnne SimontonDeborah <1948->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. Claiming spaces : markets and brokerage -- pt. 2. Negotiating the urban economy : constraints and opportunities -- pt. 3. Exploring relationships : kinship and community.
• Sommario/riassunto: This 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Female agency in the urban economy
• ISBN: 1-136-27502-9; 0-203-11052-8; 1-299-48075-6; 1-136-27503-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910811649103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge research in gender and history ; ; 17.