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Women, work and sociability in early modern London

Drawing on legal and literary sources, this work revises and expands understandings of female honesty, worth and credit by exploring how women from the middling and lower ranks of society fashioned positive identities as mothers, housewives, domestic managers, retailers and neighbours between 1550 a...

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Main Authors: Reinke-Williams, Tim
Published:
Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Series: Genders and sexualities in history
Subjects:
Women > History > 16th century > England > London
Women > History > 17th century > England > London
Labor > Social aspects > History > 16th century > England > London
Labor > Social aspects > History > 17th century > England > London
Social & cultural history > c 1500 to c 1600 > c 1600 to c 1700 > London, Greater London
British & Irish history > c 1500 to c 1600 > c 1600 to c 1700 > London, Greater London
Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700 > c 1500 to c 1600 > c 1600 to c 1700 > London, Greater London
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Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137372109
Summary: Drawing on legal and literary sources, this work revises and expands understandings of female honesty, worth and credit by exploring how women from the middling and lower ranks of society fashioned positive identities as mothers, housewives, domestic managers, retailers and neighbours between 1550 and 1700.
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Epublication based on: 9781137372093, 2014.
Carrier Form: 240 p.
ISBN: 9781137372109 :
1137372109 :
CLC: I712.45
Contents: Introduction 1. Motherhood 2. Housewifery 3. Domestic Management 4. Retailing 5. Sociability Conclusion.

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