Business of Women - Female Enterprise and Urban Development in Northern England 1760-1830

Zusatztext This book was a delight to read. It is a skill to weave such a lively narrative from a complex utilisation of sources and Hannah Barker does this with a dash of style. Klappentext This study of the experiences of lower middle-class women in northern towns during the industrial revolution challenges widely held views on women's social and economic roles in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Hannah Barker balances rigorous quantitative analysis of the available evidence with portraits of individual women and their lives. Zusammenfassung This study of the experiences of lower middle-class women in northern towns during the industrial revolution challenges widely held views on women's social and economic roles in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Hannah Barker balances rigorous quantitative analysis of the available evidence with portraits of individual women and their lives. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: Manchester, Leeds, and Sheffield in the Later Georgian Age 2: Women's Work and Urban Development 3: The 'Public' Face of Female Enterprise 4: Family Firms, Partnerships, and Independent Traders 5: Family, Property, and Power Conclusion Appendixes Index

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Hannah Barker, Hannah (Senior Lecturer in History Barker, Barker Hannah
• Edition: Oxford University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 31.08.2006
• EAN: 9780199299713
• ISBN: 978-0-19-929971-3
• Pages: 202
• Catégories: Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sociologie > Théories sociologiques; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Economic history, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, North & North East England, Social and cultural history, North West England, North and North East England, C 1700 To C 1800