Gay L. Gullickson, Gullickson Gay L.

The Spinners and Weavers of Auffay

Rural Industry and the Sexual Division of Labor in a French Village

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Produktbeschreibung

This book broadens our understanding of the proto-industrial era and the history of women.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Juni 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 440g
• ISBN-13: 9780521522496
• ISBN-10: 0521522498
• Artikelnr.: 21471863

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Introduction
2. The pays and the village
3. Proto-industrial theory and the pays de Caux
4. The golden age of spinning
5. Crisis and change in the Caux
6. The golden age of cottage weaving
7. Marriage and family in proto-industrial Auffay
8. Widowhood, remarriage, and the sexual division of labor
9. Unwed mothers and their children
10. Conclusions: the causes and consequences of proto-industrialization
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Index.