Making a Living, Making a Difference - Gender and Work in Early Modern European Society

Zusatztext By shedding light on work and gender in a relatively poorly known kingdom that was a major power in the early modern period, this book makes a valuable contribution to the comparative study of early modern women. Informationen zum Autor Maria Ågren is Professor of History at Uppsala University. She is the author of numerous works, including Domestic Secrets. Women and Property in Sweden, 1600-1857. Klappentext Making a Living, Making a Difference offers an eye-opening perspective on what men and women in early modern European society did all day. Based on an innovative method and a large data collection of everyday activities, the authors show the ways in which gender and work were linked in early modern society by revealing household, unpaid, and hidden, as well as paid, labor. Zusammenfassung Making a Living, Making a Difference offers an eye-opening perspective on what men and women in early modern European society did all day. Based on an innovative method and a large data collection of everyday activities, the authors show the ways in which gender and work were linked in early modern society by revealing household, unpaid, and hidden, as well as paid, labor.

Product details

• Authors: Maria Agren, Maria (Professor of History Agren
• Assisted by: Maria Agren (Editor), Maria Ågren (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.02.2017
• EAN: 9780190240615
• ISBN: 978-0-19-024061-5
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Europäische Geschichte, Nordeuropa, Skandinavien, Europe, European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Politics / Current Events, HISTORY / Europe / Scandinavia, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations, Social and cultural history, Gender studies, gender groups, Sociology: work & labour, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, Sociology: work and labour, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General