The Whole Economy
Work and Gender in Early Modern Europe
Published on 31. May 2023
978-1-009-35937-5 (ISBN)
Description
Advocating a gender-inclusive approach to the history of work, this book both counts and accounts for women's as well as men's economic activity. Showcasing novel conceptual, methodological and empirical perspectives, it highlights the transformative potential of including women's work in wider assessments of continuity and change in economic performance. Focusing on the period of European history (1500-1800) that generated unprecedented growth in the northwest - which, in turn, was linked to the global redistribution of resources and upon which industrialisation depended - the book spans key arenas in which women produced change: households, care, agriculture, rural manufacture, urban markets, migration, and war. The analysis refutes the stubborn contention of mainstream economic history that we can generalise about economic performance by focusing solely on the work of adult men and demonstrates that women were active agents in the early modern economy rather than passively affected by changes wrought upon them.
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'A holistic treatment of the early modern European economy.' Tim Reinke-Williams, Cultural and Social HistoryMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
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Worked examples or Exercises
File size
6,17 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-009-35937-5 (9781009359375)
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Catriona MacLeod | Alexandra Shepard | Maria Agren
The Whole Economy
Work and Gender in Early Modern Europe
Book
06/2023
Cambridge University Press
€101.50
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Content
Part I. Introduction Margaret R. Hunt and Alexandra Shepard: 1. Households Maria Agren; 2. Care Alexandra Shepard; 3. Agriculture Jane Whittle and Hilde Sandvik; 4. Rural manufactures Carmen Sarasua; 5. Urban markets Anna Bellavitis; 6. Migration Amy L. Erickson and Ariadne Schmidt; 7. War Margaret R. Hunt.
