Female Enterprise Behind the Discursive Veil in Nineteenth-Century Northern France

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

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Beskrivning

This volume explores the role of women in business in nineteenth-century Northern French textile centers. This book therefore seeks to answer three interrelated questions: How common were those women, and what kind of business did they run?

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2016-11-16
Mått:148 x 210 x 24 mm
Vikt:552 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:303
Upplaga:16001
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9781137574121

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Béatrice Craig is Professor of History at the University of Ottawa, Canada. She is the author of Women and Business since 1500: Invisible Presences in Europe and North America? (2015) and co-editor with R. Beachy and A. Owens of Women, Business and Finance in Nineteenth-Century Europe: Rethinking Separate Spheres (2006).

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: Middle-Class Women and Business in Nineteenth-Century Northern France.- 2. Lille and its Arrondissement in the Nineteenth-Century.- 3. Manufacturers and Merchants in the First Half of the Nineteenth-Century.- 4. Manufacturers and Merchants after 1850.- 5. Separating Spheres?.- 6. Women in Crafts and Retail.- 7. Why a Continuing Joint Sphere?.- 8. Generating Income.- 9. Behind the Discursive Veil.- Conclusion.