Women at Work in Preindustrial France

By Daryl M. Hafter

Book Overview

This book draws upon substantial archival research in Rouen, Lyon, and Paris to show that while the vast majority of working women in eighteenth-century France labored at unskilled, low-paying jobs, it was not at all unusual for women to be actively engaged in economic activities as workers, managers, and merchants.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271058684
• ISBN13: 9780271058689
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"