Going to Market rethinks women's contributions to the early modern commercial economy. A number of previous studies have focused on whether or not the early modern period closed occupational opportunities for women. By attending to women's everyday business practices, and not merely to their position on the occupational ladder, this book shows t
Going to Market rethinks women's contributions to the early modern commercial economy. A number of previous studies have focused on whether or not the early modern period closed occupational opportunities for women. By attending to women's everyday business practices, and not merely to their position on the occupational ladder, this book shows tHinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Dr David Pennington is an assistant professor of history at Webster University, St. Louis, where he teaches courses on early modern British history, early modern European history, world history, and women's and gender history. His research focuses on how people in early modern England responded and adapted to economic change and commercialization. He has published peer-reviewed articles on the economic ideology of seventeenth-century members of Parliament, hucksters and the local politics of provision, and popular attitudes towards women's participation in commerce.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction: households marketplaces and neighborhoods; Prescription anxiety and acceptance: representations of market women in popular culture; Cooperation and conflict: women commerce and the household economy; Traders hucksters and creditors: independent tradeswomen and the commerce of early modern towns; Conflicting interests common interests: female traders marital status and town authorities; Women commerce and female reputation; When to give and when to gouge: bargaining neighborliness and the limits of the moral economy; The potency of women's words: gossip slander and the enforcement of plain dealing; Women protest and marketplace politics; Conclusion: to 'runneth & raveth' after markets; Bibliography; Index.
Introduction: households marketplaces and neighborhoods; Prescription anxiety and acceptance: representations of market women in popular culture; Cooperation and conflict: women commerce and the household economy; Traders hucksters and creditors: independent tradeswomen and the commerce of early modern towns; Conflicting interests common interests: female traders marital status and town authorities; Women commerce and female reputation; When to give and when to gouge: bargaining neighborliness and the limits of the moral economy; The potency of women's words: gossip slander and the enforcement of plain dealing; Women protest and marketplace politics; Conclusion: to 'runneth & raveth' after markets; Bibliography; Index.
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