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Making a Living, Making a Difference: Gender and Work in Early Modern European Society - Hardcover

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9780190240615: Making a Living, Making a Difference: Gender and Work in Early Modern European Society
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ISBN 10: 019024061X ISBN 13: 9780190240615
Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2016

Synopsis

Making a Living, Making a Difference offers an eye-opening perspective on what men and women in early modern European society did all day. Based on an innovative method and a large data collection of everyday activities, the authors show the ways in which gender and work were linked in early modern society by revealing household, unpaid, and hidden, as well as paid, labor.

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About the Author

Maria Ågren is Professor of History at Uppsala University and author of Domestic Secrets: Women and Property in Sweden, 1600-1857, among other titles. She is involved in various aspects of the digital humanities.

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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication date
2016
Language
English
ISBN 10 
019024061X
ISBN 13 
9780190240615
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
274
Editor
Ågren Maria
Rating
  • 3.38 out of 5 stars
    8 ratings by Goodreads