Working women of early modern Venice / by Monica Chojnacka.
Working women of early modern Venice / by Monica Chojnacka.
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Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2001.
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N331.40945/ 1
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English
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Physical content
xxii, 188 p., [9] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Ch. 1. Residence, Sex, and Marriage: The Structure of Venetian Households -- Ch. 2. Women of Means: Property and Possessions -- Ch. 3. Around the Neighborhood -- Ch. 4. Immigrant Women: Into the Neighborhood -- Ch. 5. Beyond the Contrada: Women and Mobility -- Ch. 6. City of Women: Institutions and...
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Publisher
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2001.
Place of Publication
Maryland
Date Published
c2001.
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Summary
"In this book, Monica Chojnacka argues that the women of early modern Venice occupied a more socially powerful space than traditionally believed. Rather than focusing exclusively on the women of noble or wealthy merchant families, Chojnacka explores the lives of women - unmarried, married, or widowed - who worked for a living and helped keep the ci...
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Working women of early modern Venice / by Monica Chojnacka.
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The Johns Hopkins University studies in historical and political science ; 118th ser., 3.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-184) and index.
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c2001.
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N331.40945/ 1
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74VvAavmzdqO
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ISBN
0801864852 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780801864858 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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331.4094531
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991013564499702626
