Female entrepreneurship in nineteenth-century England : engagement in the urban economy / Jennifer A...
Female entrepreneurship in nineteenth-century England : engagement in the urban economy / Jennifer A...
Female entrepreneurship in nineteenth-century England : engagement in the urban economy / Jennifer Aston.
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Publisher
Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2016]
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G 2016/4730
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English
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Physical content
xvii, 257 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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text
still image
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Introduction -- Locating female business owners in the historiography -- Women and their businesses -- Who was the Victorian businesswoman? -- The social network -- Life after death -- Conclusion.
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Publisher
Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2016]
Date Published
[2016]
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Summary
"Aston challenges and reshapes the on-going debate concerning social status, economic opportunity, and gender roles in nineteenth-century society. Sources include trade directories, census returns, probate records, newspapers, advertisements, and photographs are analysed and linked to demonstrate conclusively that women in nineteenth-century Englan...
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Female entrepreneurship in nineteenth-century England : engagement in the urban economy / Jennifer Aston.
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Palgrave studies in economic history
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-247) and index.
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©2016
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G 2016/4730
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74VKVMa7ALVO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVMa7ALVO
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ISBN
9783319308791 hardcover ; alkaline paper
3319308793 hardcover ; alkaline paper
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338.040820942
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991024029615902626
