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"Advocating a gender-inclusive approach, this book highlights the transformative potential of including women's work in wider assessments of economic performance. It provides a key point of reference in debates about the character of early modern economic development as well as a lasting contribution to the gender history of early modern Europe"--
List of contents
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 Sarasúa; 5. Urban markets Anna Bellavitis; 6. Migration Amy L. Erickson and Ariadne Schmidt; 7. War Margaret R. Hunt.
About the author
Catriona Macleod is Lecturer in History at the University of Glasgow. She is the author of Women and Enterprise in Glasgow, c.1740–1830 (forthcoming 2023) and is currently researching women's financial management, and the links between gender, poverty and work in eighteenth-century Scotland.Alexandra Shepard is Professor of Gender History at the University of Glasgow. She is the author of several books and articles exploring gender difference and social change between 1550 and 1850. Winner of the Philip Leverhulme Prize (2004) and the Leo Gershoy Award (2016), she is currently researching the links between carework, gender inequality, and social inequality during Britain's long eighteenth-century.Maria Ågren is Professor of History at Uppsala University. She is the author of several books and articles on property, work and gender in the period 1600 to 1850. She is the leader of the Swedish Gender and Work research and infrastructure project and has been awarded many major grants for her work.
Summary
Advocating a gender-inclusive approach, this book highlights the transformative potential of including women's work in wider assessments of economic performance. It provides a key point of reference in debates about the character of early modern economic development as well as a lasting contribution to the gender history of early modern Europe.
