Ingenious Trade: Women and Work in Seventeenth-Century London

ISBN-13: 9781108486385 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021

Laura Gowing

Opis

Reveals the stories of girls making their way as apprentices in 17th-century London, through arguments, thefts, profits, and paperwork.

Recenzje

'… she writes in a style that makes her book readily accessible to students and those generally interested in early modern daily life.' Joseph P. Ward, Seventeenth-Century News

Spis treści

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.