Set in rapidly changing late 17th-century London, Ingenious Trade reveals a generation of young women taking up apprenticeships and making their way in trade. Drawing on engagingly detailed court cases, it recovers their ambitions, conflicts, networks and careers, showing the significance of women's work to their identities, and to the city.
Set in rapidly changing late 17th-century London, Ingenious Trade reveals a generation of young women taking up apprenticeships and making their way in trade. Drawing on engagingly detailed court cases, it recovers their ambitions, conflicts, networks and careers, showing the significance of women's work to their identities, and to the city.
Laura Gowing is Professor of Early Modern History at King's College London, specialising in the history of early modern women, gender, and the body. She is the author of Domestic Dangers (1996) and Common Bodies (2003) which won prizes from the Society for the Study of Early Modern Women and the American Historical Association (Joan Kelly prize) respectively. She is an editor of History Workshop Journal.
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Introduction 1. Bred in the Exchange: Seamstresses and Shopkeepers 2. Girls as Apprentices 3. Managing the Trade: Women as Mistresses 4. What Girls Learned 5. Making Havoc: Discipline, Demeanour and Resistance 6. Freedoms and Customs Conclusion Bibliography Index.
Introduction 1. Bred in the Exchange: Seamstresses and Shopkeepers 2. Girls as Apprentices 3. Managing the Trade: Women as Mistresses 4. What Girls Learned 5. Making Havoc: Discipline, Demeanour and Resistance 6. Freedoms and Customs Conclusion Bibliography Index.
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