{"product_id":"women-and-work-in-eighteenth-century-france","title":"Women and Work in Eighteenth-Century France","description":"In the eighteenth century, French women were active in a wide range of employments-from printmaking to running whole-sale businesses-although social and legal structures frequently limited their capacity to work independently. The contributors to \u003cem\u003eWomen and Work in Eighteenth-Century France\u003c\/em\u003e reveal how women at all levels of society negotiated these structures with determination and ingenuity in order to provide for themselves and their families. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecent historiography on women and work in eighteenth-century France has focused on the model of the \"\"family economy,\"\" in which women's work existed as part of the communal effort to keep the family afloat, usually in support of the patriarch's occupation. The ten essays in this volume offer case studies that complicate the conventional model: wives of ship captains managed family businesses in their husbands' extended absences; high-end prostitutes managed their own households; female weavers, tailors, and merchants increasingly appeared on eighteenth-century tax rolls and guild membership lists; and female members of the nobility possessed and wielded the same legal power as their male counterparts. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExamining female workers within and outside of the context of family, \u003cem\u003eWomen and Work in Eighteenth-Century France\u003c\/em\u003e challenges current scholarly assumptions about gender and labor. This stimulating and important collection of essays broadens our understanding of the diversity, vitality, and crucial importance of women's work in the eighteenth-century economy.","brand":"Louisiana State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57258855596376,"sku":"9780807158319","price":33.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/women-and-work-in-eighteenth-century-france","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}