Jennifer Aston

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Female Entrepreneurship in Nineteenth-Century England: Engagement in the Urban Economy (Softcover Reprint of the Original 1st 2016)Paperback - Softcover Reprint of the Original 1st 2016, 22 April 2018

Female Entrepreneurship in Nineteenth-Century England: Engagement in the Urban Economy (Softcover Reprint of the Original 1st 2016)
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Part of Series
Palgrave Studies in Economic History
Print Length
257 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Palgrave MacMillan
Date Published
22 Apr 2018
ISBN-10
3319809067
ISBN-13
9783319809069

Description

Aston challenges and reshapes the on-going debate concerning social status, economic opportunity, and gender roles in nineteenth-century society.

Sources including trade directories, census returns, probate records, newspapers, advertisements, and photographs are analysed and linked to demonstrate conclusively that women in nineteenth-century England were far more prevalent in business than previously acknowledged. Moreover, women were able to establish and expand their businesses far beyond the scope of inter-generational caretakers in sectors of the economy traditionally viewed as unfeminine, and acquire the assets and possessions that were necessary to secure middle-class status. These women serve as a powerful reminder that the middle-class woman's retreat from economic activity during the nineteenth-century, so often accepted as axiomatic, was not the case. In fact, women continued to act as autonomous and independent entrepreneurs, and used business ownership as a platform to participate in the economic, philanthropic, and political public sphere.

Product Details

Author:
Jennifer Aston
Book Edition:
Softcover Reprint of the Original 1st 2016
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
NL
Date Published:
22 April 2018
Dimensions:
21.01 x 14.81 x 1.47 cm
ISBN-10:
3319809067
ISBN-13:
9783319809069
Language:
English
Location:
Cham
Pages:
257
Weight:
331.12 gm

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