Anne Montenach

Gender, Space and Illicit Economies in Eighteenth-Century Europe (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

This book seeks to contribute a multi-dimensional, multi-layered and gendered approach to the illicit economy in the historiography of early modern Europe.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 310
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Februar 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781003853619
• Artikelnr.: 69747984

Autorenporträt

Anne Montenach is Professor of early modern history at the University of Aix-Marseille (France), member of UMR 7303 TELEMMe (AMU-CNRS) and general editor, with Deborah Simonton, of The Cultural History of Work (2018). Her research focuses on women's roles in the early modern economy.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Mountains and Smuggling

1. Salt and the Mountain Economy

2. In the Shadow of the State: A Border Economy

3. Gender, Household and Illicit Trade

Part 2: Fashion and Prohibition

4. Playing with Space: The Geography of Fraud and Control

5. Gender and Sociology of the 'Underworld'

6. Smuggling Inside the City

Part 3: Luxury and Clandestinity

7. Gender, Work and Fraud in a Luxury Industry

8. Waste or Theft

9. Fraud: Protagonists and Settings

10. Concluding remarks